Τισσαφέρνης

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • Τισαφέρνης (Tisaphérnēs)

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Persian *Ciçafarnāh.[1]

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Τισσαφέρνης • (Tissaphérnēs) m (genitive Τισσαφέρνου); first declension

  1. a male given name, Tissaphernes, from Old Persian
    1. son of Hydarnes III and satrap of Lydia and Ionia under Darius II

Inflection

First declension of ὁ Τισσαφέρνης; τοῦ Τισσαφέρνους (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ Τισσαφέρνης
ho Tissaphérnēs 		τὼ Τισσαφέρνᾱ
tṑ Tissaphérnā 		οἱ Τισσαφέρναι
hoi Tissaphérnai
Genitive τοῦ Τισσαφέρνους / Τισσαφέρνου
toû Tissaphérnous / Tissaphérnou 		τοῖν Τισσαφέρναιν
toîn Tissaphérnain 		τῶν Τισσαφερνῶν
tôn Tissaphernôn
Dative τῷ Τισσαφέρνει / Τισσαφέρνῃ
tōî Tissaphérnei / Tissaphérnēi 		τοῖν Τισσαφέρναιν
toîn Tissaphérnain 		τοῖς Τισσαφέρναις
toîs Tissaphérnais
Accusative τὸν Τισσαφέρνην
tòn Tissaphérnēn 		τὼ Τισσαφέρνᾱ
tṑ Tissaphérnā 		τοὺς Τισσαφέρνᾱς
toùs Tissaphérnās
Vocative Τισσαφέρνη
Tissaphérnē 		Τισσαφέρνᾱ
Tissaphérnā 		Τισσαφέρναι
Tissaphérnai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • Greek: Τισσαφέρνης (Tissaférnis)
  • → Latin: Tissaphernēs

Further reading

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, pages 154-155
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