ἑκατόνταρχος

Ancient Greek edit

Etymology edit

Calque of Old Persian *θatapatiš, *θatapati- (commander of hundred [men]),[1][2][3] from *θata- (hundred) + *pati- (lord, master)

Noun edit

ἑκᾰτόντᾰρχος (hekatóntarkhosm (genitive ἑκᾰτοντᾰ́ρχου); second declension

  1. centurion

Declension edit

References edit

  1. ^ Hinz, Walther (1975) Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)‎[1] (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 240
  2. ^ Tavernier, Jan (2007) Iranica in the Achaemenid Period (ca. 550–330 B.C.): Lexicon of Old Iranian Proper Names and Loanwords, Attested in Non-Iranian Texts, Peeters Publishers, →ISBN, page 431
  3. ^ “Persian Loanwords and Names in Greek”, in Encyclopædia Iranica[2], 2002 December 15