Achaemenian

[ ak-uh-mee-nee-uhn ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

of or relating to the Achaemenids or their language, as recorded in cuneiform inscriptions.

1710–20; < Latin Achaemeni ( us ) (< Greek Achaimén ( ēs ) Achaemenes + Latin -ius adj. suffix) + -an

Now only the older Pg 87Persian inscriptions of the Achaemenian kings awaited interpretation.

Anzan had been first occupied, it would appear, by his great-grandfather Teispes the Achaemenian.

The Achaemenian sovereign did not hesitate to forestall the attack, and promptly assumed the offensive.

The Oxus, in the time of the Achaemenian kings, fell into the Caspian by a channel which can even now be traced.

One gem, ascribed on somewhat doubtful grounds to the Persians of Achaemenian times, contains what appears to be a portrait.

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