Ἰδάνθυρσος

Ancient Greek edit

 
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Etymology edit

From Proto-Scythian *Hiθāmθrauša (literally prospering the ally). Final part possibly modified into -θυρσος (thyrsus, the composite vegetal wand of Bacchus), in Greek because the ancient Greeks associated Scythian peoples with Bacchic rites.[1]

Compare with Ancient Greek Ἀγάθυρσοι (Agáthursoi), from Proto-Scythian *Haxāθrauša (literally prospering the friend/socius).

Pronunciation edit

 

Proper noun edit

Ἰδᾰ́νθῠρσος (Idánthursosm (genitive Ἰδᾰνθῠ́ρσου); second declension

  1. a male given name from Scythian: Idanthyrsus, the name of two Scythian kings

Inflection edit

Descendants edit

  • Latin: Idanthyrsus

References edit

  1. ^ Martin Schwartz, Alexis Manaster Ramer (2019) “Some Interlinguistic Iranian Conundrums”, in Almut Hintze, Desmond Durkin, Claudius Naumann, editors, A Thousand Judgements: Festschrift for Maria Macuch, Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 3

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