Δαρεῖος
Ancient Greek edit
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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
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /daː.rêː.os/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /daˈri.os/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ðaˈri.os/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ðaˈri.os/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ðaˈri.os/
Proper noun edit
Δᾱρεῖος • (Dāreîos) m (genitive Δᾱρείου); second declension
- 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.
- Δαρείου καὶ Παρυσάτιδος γίγνονται παῖδες δύο, πρεσβύτερος μὲν Ἀρταξέρξης, νεώτερος δὲ Κῦρος.
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References edit
- “Δαρεῖος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Δαρεῖος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Δαρεῖος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Δαρεῖος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,008