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noun

Ăchaemĕnēs

gen. Ăchaemĕnis · gender masculine · decl. 3rd
= Ἀχαιμένης
the ancestor of the old Persian kings; grandfather of Cyrus; great poetic
the ancestor of the old Persian kings, grandfather of Cyrus: dives Achaemenes, poet. for great or Asiatic wealth in gen., Hor. C. 2, 12, 21.
Perseus ID: n466 Key: Achaemenes