Δαταφέρνης

Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Old Persian *Dātafarnāh.[1]

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Δᾰτᾰφέρνης (Dataphérnēsm (genitive Δᾰτᾰφέρνου); third declension

  1. a male given name from Old Persian: Dataphernes, a Persian killed by Alexander the Great

Inflection

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Descendants

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  • Latin: Dataphernēs

Further reading

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  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 169