Ἀρταφέρνης
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- Ἀρταφρένης (Artaphrénēs)
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Persian *R̥tafarnāh.[1][2]
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ar.ta.pʰér.nɛːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ar.taˈpʰer.ne̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ar.taˈɸer.nis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ar.taˈfer.nis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ar.taˈfer.nis/
Proper noun
Ἀρτᾰφέρνης • (Artăphérnēs) m (genitive Ἀρτᾰφέρνους); third declension[3][4]
- a male given name, Artaphernes, from Old Persian
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ Ἀρταφέρνης ho Artaphérnēs | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ Ἀρταφέρνους toû Artaphérnous | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ Ἀρταφέρνει tōî Artaphérnei | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν Ἀρταφέρνη tòn Artaphérnē | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Ἀρτάφερνες Artáphernes | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: Αρταφέρνης (Artaférnis)
- → Latin: Artaphernēs
References
- ^ Hinz, Walther (1975), “*rtafarnah-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)[1] (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 210
- ^ Tavernier, Jan (2007), “4.2.1462. *Ṛtafarnā-”, in 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 294
- ^ Ἀρταφέρνης in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
- ^ Woodhouse, S. C. (1910), English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[2], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,002