Ἀρτάβανος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Old Persian *Arta-bānu or *Artabānuš (literally “The glory of Arta”), from *ṛta- (“Arta”) + *bānu- (“beam, lustre, light”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hr̥tás (“truth”) and *bʰaHnúš (“ray of light”), respectively. Compare Sanskrit ऋत (ṛta, “order, rule; truth; logos”) and भानु (bhānu, “ray of light; brightness, splendor”).

Cognate with Old Armenian Արտաւան (Artawan), Parthian 𐭏𐭓𐭕𐭁𐭍𐭅 (ʿrtbnw), Middle Persian [script needed] ('rtw'n).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ar.tá.baː.nos/ → /arˈta.βa.nos/ → /arˈta.va.nos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ar.tá.baː.nos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /arˈta.ba.nos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /arˈta.βa.nos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /arˈta.va.nos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /arˈta.va.nos/

Proper noun

Ἀρτάβᾱνος • (Artábānos) m (genitive Ἀρταβᾱ́νου); second declension

1. Artabanus

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Ἀρτάβᾱνος; τοῦ Ἀρταβᾱ́νου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ἀρτάβᾱνος ho Artábānos
Genitive	τοῦ Ἀρταβᾱ́νου toû Artabā́nou
Dative	τῷ Ἀρταβᾱ́νῳ tôi Artabā́nōi
Accusative	τὸν Ἀρτάβᾱνον tòn Artábānon
Vocative	Ἀρτάβᾱνε Artábāne
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Αρτάβανος (Artávanos)
• Latin: Artabānus

Further reading

• Ἀρτάβανος 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