Pharnaspes

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Φαρνάσπης (Pharnáspēs), itself from Old Median *Farnāspa.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /pʰarˈnas.peːs/, [pʰärˈnäs̠peːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /farˈnas.pes/, [färˈnäspes]

Proper noun

Pharnaspēs m sg (genitive Pharnaspis); third declension

1. A Persian, father of Cassandane

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Pharnaspēs
Genitive	Pharnaspis
Dative	Pharnaspī
Accusative	Pharnaspem
Ablative	Pharnaspe
Vocative	Pharnaspēs

References

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