Σατιφέρνης

Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Old Persian *Šyātifarnāh.[1][2]

Proper noun

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Σατιφέρνης (Satiphérnēsm (genitive Σατιφέρνους); third declension

  1. a male given name from Old Persian: Satiphernes
    1. friend of Cyrus the Younger killed by Artaxerxes II at the Battle of Cunaxa

Inflection

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Descendants

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  • Greek: Σατιφέρνης (Satiférnis)

Further reading

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References

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  1. ^ Hinz, Walther (1975) “*šyātifarnah-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)‎[1] (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 231
  2. ^ Tavernier, Jan (2007) “4.2.1645. *Šyātifarnā-”, 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 319