User:Antiquistik/Κολάξαϊς
Ancient Greek edit
Etymology edit
From Scythian *Kolaxšayaʰ, from Proto-Scythian *Kauδaxšayaʰ, from Proto-Iranian *ka(H)ud (“to pound, to crush”) + *xšayah (“to rule”).[1]
Proper noun edit
Κολάξαϊς • (Koláxaïs) m (genitive Κολάξαϊος); second declension
- a male given name from Scythian: Kolaxais, a Scythian deity
References edit
- ^ Mikhail Bukharin (2011) “Колаксай и его братья (античная традиция о происхождении царской власти у скифов [Kolaxais and his Brothers (Classical Tradition on the Origin of the Royal Power of the Scythians)]”, in Аристей: вестник классической филологии и античной истории[1] (in Russian), volume 3, retrieved 2022-07-13, pages 20-80
Further reading edit
- Antiquistik/Κολάξαϊς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette