Ὀροσάγγαι

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Persian *varusanha (literally “far-famed”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /o.ro.sáŋ.ɡai̯/ → /o.roˈsaɲ.ɟɛ/ → /o.roˈsaɲ.ɟe/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /o.ro.sáŋ.ɡai̯/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /o.roˈsaŋ.ɡɛ/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /o.roˈsaɲ.ɟɛ/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /o.roˈsaɲ.ɟe/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /o.roˈsaɲ.ɟe/

Noun

Ὀροσᾰ́γγαι • (Orosángai) m pl (genitive Ὀροσᾰγγῶν); first declension

1. Orosangae, a Persian word for the benefactors or bodyguards of the king

Declension

First declension of οἱ Ὀροσᾰ́γγαι; τῶν Ὀροσᾰγγῶν (Attic)

Case / #	Plural
Nominative	οἱ Ὀροσᾰ́γγαι hoi Orosángai
Genitive	τῶν Ὀροσᾰγγῶν tôn Orosangôn
Dative	τοῖς Ὀροσᾰ́γγαις toîs Orosángais
Accusative	τοὺς Ὀροσᾰ́γγᾱς toùs Orosángās
Vocative	Ὀροσᾰ́γγαι Orosángai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “Ὀροσάγγαι”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Ὀροσάγγαι in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette