Ariomardus

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἀριόμαρδος (Ariómardos), from Old Persian *Ariyamarda.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /a.ri.oˈmar.dus/, [äriɔˈmärd̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a.ri.oˈmar.dus/, [ärioˈmärd̪us]

Proper noun

Ariomardus m sg (genitive Ariomardī); second declension

1. The name of several figures of the classical era:
   1. The son of Darius and Parmys
      • 1818, Johann Schweighäuser, Herodoti historiarum libri IX. Latine […], pages 323–324, note 78:

        Ordinabant hos autem hi duces: Moschos et Tibarenos Ariomardus, Darii filius et Parmyis, filiæ Smerdis, Cyri neptis: Macronas vero et Mosynœcos Artayctes, filius Cherasmis, qui Sesto ad Hellespontum præfectus erat.

        [T]hese were arrayed together under the following commanders,—the Moschoi and Tibarenians under Ariomardos, who was the son of Dareios and of Parmys, the daughter of Smerdis son of Cyrus; the Macronians and Mossynoicoi under Artaÿctes the son of Cherasmis, who was governor of Sestos on the Hellespont.

   2. The brother of Artyphius
      • 1818, Johann Schweighäuser, Herodoti historiarum libri IX. Latine […], page 322, note 67:

        Caspii penulas induti (sisyrnas vocant) militabant, et arcubius pro populi more ex arundine instructi; ducem habentes Ariomardum, Artyphii fratrem.

        The Caspians served wearing coats of skin and having native bows of reed and short swords: thus were these equipped; and they acknowledged as their leader Ariomardos the brother of Artyphios.

   3. A ruler of Thebes, Egypt
      • 1867, Henri Weil, Aeschyli quae supersunt tragoediae, volume 2, section 4, Persae, Praefatio, page xix:

        Curam enim non maximam eum his rebus adhibuisse eo argui videtur quod ne sibi quidem ipsi ubique constat, quippe qui Ariomardum Thebis Aegyptiis praepositum dicat v. 39

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Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Ariomardus
Genitive	Ariomardī
Dative	Ariomardō
Accusative	Ariomardum
Ablative	Ariomardō
Vocative	Ariomarde

Further reading

• “Ariomardus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray