Greek proper noun
Κῦρος
Κῦρος, -ου, ὁ
Κῦρος is a Greek proper noun. In the 5 analysed lines it was read in, it means “Cyrus”.
In the texts
Each line as the reader shows it: every word in its case colour with its meaning underneath, and arcs from Κῦρος to the words it goes with.
Δαρείου καὶ Παρυσάτιδος γίγνονται παῖδες δύο, πρεσβύτερος μὲν Ἀρταξέρξης, νεώτερος δὲ Κῦρος·
From Darius and Parysatis two sons are born: the elder Artaxerxes, the younger Cyrus.
Κῦρος: renames γίγνονται.
Κῦρον δὲ μεταπέμπεται ἀπὸ τῆς ἀρχῆς ἧς αὐτὸν σατράπην ἐποίησε, καὶ στρατηγὸν δὲ αὐτὸν ἀπέδειξε πάντων ὅσοι ἐς Καστωλοῦ πεδίον ἁθροίζονται.
But he sends for Cyrus from the province of which he had made him satrap, and he also appointed him general of all who were gathering into the plain of Castolus.
Κῦρον: object of μεταπέμπεται.
ἀναβαίνει οὖν ὁ Κῦρος λαβὼν Τισσαφέρνην ὡς φίλον, καὶ τῶν Ἑλλήνων ἔχων ὁπλίτας ἀνέβη τριακοσίους, ἄρχοντα δὲ αὐτῶν Ξενίαν Παρράσιον.
Cyrus therefore goes up, taking Tissaphernes as a friend, and he went up having three hundred hoplites of the Greeks, and Xenia the Parrhasian as their commander.
Κῦρος: subject of ἀναβαίνει.
ἐπεὶ δὲ ἐτελεύτησε Δαρεῖος καὶ κατέστη εἰς τὴν βασιλείαν Ἀρταξέρξης, Τισσαφέρνης διαβάλλει τὸν Κῦρον πρὸς τὸν ἀδελφὸν ὡς ἐπιβουλεύοι αὐτῷ.
When Darius died and Artaxerxes was established in the kingship, Tissaphernes slandered Cyrus to his brother, alleging that he was plotting against him.
Κῦρον: object of διαβάλλει.
ὁ δὲ πείθεται καὶ συλλαμβάνει Κῦρον ὡς ἀποκτενῶν·
But he obeys and seizes Cyrus as if about to kill (him).
Κῦρον: object of συλλαμβάνει.
Forms
Every form of the word in these texts, with what it is.
| Form | Grammar | Read |
|---|---|---|
| Κῦρον | Accusative · Singular · Masculine | 3 |
| Κῦρος | Nominative · Singular · Masculine | 2 |
Words it goes with
Joined to Κῦρος by an arc in these lines, most often first.
Grammar
- About the accusativeThe Greek accusative marks the direct object, motion towards after εἰς and πρός, and the subject of an infinitive. Real lines from Homer, Aesop and John.
- About the nominativeThe Greek nominative names the subject and the word that renames it after εἰμί. How to spot it, and how the article helps, with lines from John and Aesop.