Ἀρταῖος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Median *R̥tayah and Old Persian *R̥tayah.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ar.tâi̯.os/ → /arˈtɛ.os/ → /arˈte.os/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ar.tâi̯.os/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /arˈtɛ.os/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /arˈtɛ.os/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /arˈte.os/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /arˈte.os/

Proper noun

Ἀρταῖος • (Artaîos) m (genitive Ἀρταίου); second declension

1. a male given name from Old Persian: Artaeus
   1. king of the Medes and father of Artynes
   2. member of the Achaemenid dynasty and father of Artachaies and Azanes

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Ἀρταῖος; τοῦ Ἀρταίου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ἀρταῖος ho Artaîos
Genitive	τοῦ Ἀρταίου toû Artaíou
Dative	τῷ Ἀρταίῳ tôi Artaíōi
Accusative	τὸν Ἀρταῖον tòn Artaîon
Vocative	Ἀρταῖε Artaîe
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Αρταίος (Artaíos)
• → Latin: Artaeus

Further reading

• Ἀρταῖος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Ἀρταῖος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)