Τιθραύστης
Ancient Greek edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Old Persian *Ciθravahištah.[1]
Pronunciation edit
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ti.tʰrǎu̯s.tɛːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /tiˈtʰraʍs.te̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /tiˈθraɸs.tis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /tiˈθrafs.tis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /tiˈθrafs.tis/
Proper noun edit
Τιθραύστης • (Tithraústēs) m (genitive Τιθραύστου); first declension
- a male given name from Old Persian: Tithraustes
- a natural son of Xerxes I and commander-in-chief against Cimon
- a satrap of Lydia and executor and successor of Tissaphernes
Inflection edit
Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ Τιθραύστης ho Tithraústēs | ||||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ Τιθραύστου toû Tithraústou | ||||||||||||
Dative | τῷ Τιθραύστῃ tôi Tithraústēi | ||||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν Τιθραύστην tòn Tithraústēn | ||||||||||||
Vocative | Τιθραῦστᾰ Tithraûsta | ||||||||||||
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Descendants edit
- Greek: Τιθραύστης (Tithráfstis)
- → Latin: Tithraustēs
References edit
- ^ Hinz, Walther (1975) “*čiθrāvahišta”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)[1] (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 75
Further reading edit
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[2], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,028
- Τιθραύστης in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Justi, Ferdinand (1895) “Čiθrawahišta”, in Iranisches Namenbuch[3] (in German), Marburg: N. G. Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 164b