Ancient Greek edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Old Persian 𐎭𐎠𐎼𐎹𐎢𐏁 (d-a-r-y-u-š /⁠Dārayauš⁠/), shortened form of 𐎭𐎠𐎼𐎹𐎺𐎢𐏁 (d-a-r-y-v-u-š /⁠Dārayavaʰuš⁠/, literally holding firm what is good),[1] from *dar- (to hold (firmly)) + *vahu- (good).

Pronunciation edit

 

Proper noun edit

Δᾱρεῖος (Dāreîosm (genitive Δᾱρείου); second declension

  1. Darius
    • 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Anabasis 1.1.1:
      Δαρείου καὶ Παρυσάτιδος γίγνονται παῖδες δύο, πρεσβύτερος μὲν Ἀρταξέρξης, νεώτερος δὲ Κῦρος.
      Dareíou kaì Parusátidos gígnontai paîdes dúo, presbúteros mèn Artaxérxēs, neṓteros dè Kûros.
      Darius and Parysatis had two sons born to them: the older was Artaxerxes, the younger Cyrus.

Inflection edit

Descendants edit

  • Greek: Δαρείος (Dareíos)
  • Latin: Dārīus

References edit

  1. ^ Tavernier, Jan (2007) 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 15