Ἀρταχαίης

Ancient Greek edit

Etymology edit

From Old Persian *R̥taxaya.[1][2]

Proper noun edit

Ἀρταχαίης (Artakhaíēsm (genitive Ἀρταχεω); first declension

  1. a male given name from Old Persian: Artachaees, engineer of the Xerxes Canal

Descendants edit

  • Greek: Ἀρταχαίης (Artakhaíēs)
  • Latin: Artachaeēs

References edit

  1. ^ Hinz, Walther (1975) “*rtaxaya-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)‎[1] (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 211
  2. ^ Tavernier, Jan (2007) “4.2.1532. *Ṛtaxaya-”, 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, pages 304-305

Further reading edit