Pyrrhus

Translation of "pyrrhus" into Russian

Proper noun

Pyrrhus

Пирр

Часто: Пирр Эпирский (для упоминания царя)

Pyrrhus's triumph at Asculum left his army too depleted to capitalize on the win.

Триумф Пирра при Аскуле оставил его войско слишком истощённым, чтобы воспользоваться победой.

Additional translations

Пиррус

Устаревший или менее распространённый вариант транслитерации

Proper noun

The king of Epirus (c. 319–272 BCE) whose costly victories against the Romans gave rise to the term “Pyrrhic victory.”

Pyrrhus’s triumph at Asculum left his army too depleted to capitalize on the win.

A rare male given name, derived from the ancient Greek king’s name.

They christened their son Pyrrhus after reading about the famed general.