Μεγασίδρης

Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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From Old Persian *Bagaciθrah.[1][2]

Proper noun

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Μεγασίδρης (Megasídrēsm (genitive Μεγασίδρου); first declension

  1. a male given name from Old Persian, equivalent to English Megasidres
    1. father of Dotus

Inflection

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Descendants

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  • Greek: Μεγασίδρης (Megasídris)
  • Latin: Megasidrēs

References

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  1. ^ Tavernier, Jan (2007) “4.2.243. *Bagačiθra-”, 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, page 290
  2. ^ Hinz, Walther (1975) “*bagačiθra-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)‎[1] (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 54

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