Ἀσπαθίνης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Persian 𐎠𐎿𐎱𐎨𐎴 (a-s-p-c-n /⁠Aspacanaʰ⁠/).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Ἀσπᾰθῐ́νης • (Aspăthĭ́nēsm (genitive Ἀσπᾰθῐ́νου); third declension

  1. a male given name, Aspathines, from Old Persian, a Persian official under Darius the Great

Inflection

Descendants

  • Latin: Aspathinēs

References

  1. ^ Tavernier, Jan (2007), “1.2.7. *Aspačanā”, 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 14

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