Ἀρτάβαζος
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- Ἀρτάβασδος (Artábasdos)
- Ἀρταουάσδης (Artaouásdēs)
- Ἀρταύασδος (Artaúasdos)
- Ἀρταβάζης (Artabázēs)
- Ἀρτάοζος (Artáozos)
Etymology
From Old Persian *R̥tavazdāh.[1][2][3][4]
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ar.tá.baz.dos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /arˈta.ba.zos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /arˈta.βa.zos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /arˈta.va.zos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /arˈta.va.zos/
Proper noun
Ἀρτάβαζος • (Artábazos) m (genitive Ἀρταβάζου); second declension
- a male given name, Artabazus, from Old Persian
- a Median friend of Cyrus the Younger
- a Persian leader of the peltasts and slingers under Cyrus the Younger
- a son of Pharnaces and leader of the Parthians and Chorasmians during the Persian invasion of Greece
- a possible son of Pharnabazus and Apama, and brother-in-law of Darius III and of Memnon and Mentor of Rhodes, general of Artaxerxes II in Egypt, satrap of Dascylium and successor of Megabates under Artaxerxes III and of Bactria under Darius III and Alexander the Great, and father of 11 sons and 10 daughters, including Ariobarzanes, Arsames, Pharnabazus, Ilioneus, Cophen, Artacama, Artonis and Barsine
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ Ἀρτάβαζος ho Artábazos |
τὼ Ἀρταβάζω tṑ Artabázō |
οἱ Ἀρτάβαζοι hoi Artábazoi | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ Ἀρταβάζου toû Artabázou |
τοῖν Ἀρταβάζοιν toîn Artabázoin |
τῶν Ἀρταβάζων tôn Artabázōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ Ἀρταβάζῳ tōî Artabázōi |
τοῖν Ἀρταβάζοιν toîn Artabázoin |
τοῖς Ἀρταβάζοις toîs Artabázois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν Ἀρτάβαζον tòn Artábazon |
τὼ Ἀρταβάζω tṑ Artabázō |
τοὺς Ἀρταβάζους toùs Artabázous | ||||||||||
| Vocative | Ἀρτάβαζε Artábaze |
Ἀρταβάζω Artabázō |
Ἀρτάβαζοι Artábazoi | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: Αρτάβαζος (Artávazos)
- → Latin: Artabazus
Further reading
- Justi, Ferdinand (1895), “Ἀρτάβαζος”, in Iranisches Namenbuch[1] (in German), Marburg: N. G. Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, pages 32b-33a
- Ἀρτάβαζος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910), English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[2], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,002
References
- ^ Rüdiger Schmitt, “Medisches und persisches Sprachgut bei Herodot,” ZDMG 117, 1967, p. 128
- ^ Rüdiger Schmitt, "ARTAVASDES" in Encyclopædia Iranica, December 15, 1986
- ^ Tavernier, Jan (2007), 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 297
- ^ Schmitt, Rüdiger (2011), Iranische Personennamen in der griechischen Literatur vor Alexander d. Gr. (Iranisches Personennamenbuch. Band 5, Faszikel 5A) (in German), Vienna: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, pages 97-99