ἀζῆται

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Old Persian *āzāta (“free”), from Proto-Iranian *āzāta. Compare Persian آزاد (“free, independent”). The -ῆ- is probably Ionic.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /aˈzi.tɛ/ → /aˈzi.te/

• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aˈze̝.tɛ/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aˈzi.tɛ/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /aˈzi.te/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aˈzi.te/

Noun

ἀζῆται • (azêtai)

1. Hesychius gives the definition as: οἱ ἐγγύτατοι τοῦ βασιλέως (hoi engútatoi toû basiléōs, literally “the nearest to the king”).

Further reading

• “ἀζῆται”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἀζῆται in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Hesychius' Lexicon: α