Πάρθος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Old Persian 𐎱𐎼𐎰𐎺 (p-r-θ-v /⁠Parθavaʰ⁠/, “Parthia”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pár.tʰos/ → /ˈpar.θos/ → /ˈpar.θos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pár.tʰos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpar.tʰos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈpar.θos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈpar.θos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈpar.θos/

Noun

Πᾰ́ρθος • (Párthos) m (genitive Πᾰ́ρθου); second declension

1. a Parthian

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Πᾰ́ρθος; τοῦ Πᾰ́ρθου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ Πᾰ́ρθος ho Párthos	τὼ Πᾰ́ρθω tṑ Párthō	οἱ Πᾰ́ρθοι hoi Párthoi
Genitive	τοῦ Πᾰ́ρθου toû Párthou	τοῖν Πᾰ́ρθοιν toîn Párthoin	τῶν Πᾰ́ρθων tôn Párthōn
Dative	τῷ Πᾰ́ρθῳ tôi Párthōi	τοῖν Πᾰ́ρθοιν toîn Párthoin	τοῖς Πᾰ́ρθοις toîs Párthois
Accusative	τὸν Πᾰ́ρθον tòn Párthon	τὼ Πᾰ́ρθω tṑ Párthō	τοὺς Πᾰ́ρθους toùs Párthous
Vocative	Πᾰ́ρθε Párthe	Πᾰ́ρθω Párthō	Πᾰ́ρθοι Párthoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Πᾰρθῐ́ᾱ (Parthíā)
• Πᾰρθῐκός (Parthikós)
• Πᾰρθῐστῐ́ (Parthistí)

Descendants

• Greek: Πάρθος (Párthos)
• Latin: Parthus
• Turkish: Part

References

• G3934 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,020