Ῥωξάνης
Ancient Greek
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Old Persian *Rauxšnā̆ (“the shining, light”).[1][2]
Proper noun
editῬωξάνης • (Rhōxánēs) m (genitive Ῥωξάνους); third declension
- a male given name from Old Persian: Roxanes, an Achaemenid chiliarch
Inflection
edit| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ Ῥωξάνης ho Rhōxánēs | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ Ῥωξάνους toû Rhōxánous | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ Ῥωξάνει tôi Rhōxánei | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν Ῥωξάνη tòn Rhōxánē | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Ῥώξανες Rhṓxanes | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
editReferences
edit- ^ Hinz, Walther (1975) “*rauxšnā̆”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)[1] (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 202
- ^ Tavernier, Jan (2007) “4.2.1391. *Rauxšna”, in 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 285
Further reading
edit- Ῥωξάνης in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Justi, Ferdinand (1895) “Ῥωξάνης”, in Iranisches Namenbuch[2] (in German), Marburg: N. G. Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 262
Categories:
- Ancient Greek terms borrowed from Old Persian
- Ancient Greek terms derived from Old Persian
- Ancient Greek lemmas
- Ancient Greek proper nouns
- Ancient Greek paroxytone terms
- Ancient Greek masculine proper nouns
- Ancient Greek third-declension proper nouns
- Ancient Greek masculine proper nouns in the third declension
- Ancient Greek masculine nouns
- Ancient Greek given names
- Ancient Greek male given names
- Ancient Greek male given names from Old Persian
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