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cyrus
/ˈsaɪɹəs/
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What does cyrus mean?
proper noun
- An ancient king of Persia, Cyrus the Great.
- A male given name from Old Persian.
- A surname.
More meanings (1)
proper noun
- The Kura river, as it is called in classical sources.
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/ˈsaɪɹəs/
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Then Artagerses turning his horse, Cyrus threw his weapon, and sent the head of it through his neck near the shoulder bone.
And Cyrus adds that he was whipped for his pains, as we are in our villages for forgetting the first aorist of------.
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Her full nature, like that river of which Cyrus broke the strength, spent itself in channels which had no great name on the earth.
She had been apparently reconciled to the king after the death of Cyrus, and was present at all his parties of pleasure and gambling.
It is related of Cyrus that he used to wish that he might live long enough to repay all the kindness which he had received.