Ἀρύηνις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From a Lydian cognate of Hittite 𒂖 (arawanni-, “free”, as opposed to enslaved, unfree)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.rý.ɛː.nis/ → /aˈry.i.nis/ → /aˈri.i.nis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.rý.ɛː.nis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aˈry.e̝.nis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aˈry.i.nis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /aˈry.i.nis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aˈri.i.nis/

Proper noun

Ἀρύηνις • (Arúēnis) f (genitive Ἀρύηνιος); second declension

1. Aryenis, the wife of Astyages

Descendants

• Greek: Ἀρύηνις (Arúēnis)
• → Latin: Aryenis

Further reading

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