Δαταφέρνης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Persian *Dātafarnāh.[1]

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Δᾰτᾰφέρνης • (Dătăphérnēsm (genitive Δᾰτᾰφέρνου); third declension

  1. a male given name, Dataphernes, from Old Persian, a Persian killed by Alexander the Great

Inflection

Descendants

  • Latin: Dataphernēs

References

  1. ^ Tavernier, Jan (2007), Iranica in the Achaemenid Period (ca. 550–330 B.C.): Lexicon of Old Iranian Proper Names and Loanwords, Attested in Non-Iranian Texts, Peeters Publishers, →ISBN, page 169

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