Ἰνταφέρνης

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • Ἰνταφρένης (Intaphrénēs)
  • Ἰνδοφέρρης (Indophérrhēs)

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Persian 𐎻𐎡𐎭𐎳𐎼𐎴𐎠 (vi-i-d-f-r-n-a /⁠Viⁿdafarnāʰ⁠/).[1][2]

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Ἰντᾰφέρνης • (Intăphérnēs) m (genitive Ἰντᾰφέρνου); third declension

  1. a male given name, Intaphernes, from Old Persian, bow-carrier of Darius the Great

Inflection

First declension of ὁ Ἰντᾰφέρνης; τοῦ Ἰντᾰφέρνου (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ὁ Ἰντᾰφέρνης
ho Intăphérnēs
Genitive τοῦ Ἰντᾰφέρνου
toû Intăphérnou
Dative τῷ Ἰντᾰφέρνῃ
tōî Intăphérnēi
Accusative τὸν Ἰντᾰφέρνην
tòn Intăphérnēn
Vocative Ἰντᾰφέρνη
Intăphérnē
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • → Latin: Intaphernēs

References

  1. ^ 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 22
  2. ^ Gardner, Percy (1886), The Coins of the Greek and Scythic Kings of Bactria and India in the British Museum‎[1], London: Gilbert & Rivington Ltd., →ISBN, pages 103-106

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