Ἀριόβυστος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Ariovistus, either from a Proto-Germanic compound involving *harjaz (“army”) or *arjaz (“esteemed”), or from a Proto-Celtic compound involving *aryos (“nobleman”) (compare Old Irish aire). See Ariovistus § Etymology at Wikipedia for more.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.riˈo.βys.tos/ → /a.riˈo.vis.tos/

• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.riˈo.βys.tos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.riˈo.vys.tos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.riˈo.vis.tos/

Proper noun

Ἀριόβυστος • (Arióbustos) m (genitive Ἀριοβύστου); second declension

1. Ariovistus

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Ἀριόβυστος; τοῦ Ἀριοβύστου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ἀριόβυστος ho Arióbustos
Genitive	τοῦ Ἀριοβύστου toû Ariobústou
Dative	τῷ Ἀριοβύστῳ tôi Ariobústōi
Accusative	τὸν Ἀριόβυστον tòn Arióbuston
Vocative	Ἀριόβυστε Arióbuste
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Αριόβυστος (Arióvystos)

Further reading

• Ἀριόβυστος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,002