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cyrus

/ˈsaɪɹəs/

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What does cyrus mean?

proper noun

  1. An ancient king of Persia, Cyrus the Great.
  2. A male given name from Old Persian.
  3. A surname.
More meanings (1)

proper noun

  1. The Kura river, as it is called in classical sources.

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IPA pronunciation

/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.
PlutarchPlutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and RomansProject Gutenberg ebook #674
And Cyrus adds that he was whipped for his pains, as we are in our villages for forgetting the first aorist of------.
Michel de MontaigneEssays of Michel de Montaigne — CompleteTranslated by Charles CottonProject Gutenberg ebook #3600
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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.
George EliotMiddlemarchProject Gutenberg ebook #145
She had been apparently reconciled to the king after the death of Cyrus, and was present at all his parties of pleasure and gambling.
Andrew SteinmetzThe Gaming Table: Its Votaries and Victims. Volume 1 (of 2)Project Gutenberg ebook #466
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.
Eliza Burt GambleThe God-Idea of the Ancients; Or, Sex in ReligionProject Gutenberg ebook #639