Δαταφέρνης

Δαταφέρνης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Persian *Dātafarnā (“to whom farnah is given”)[1][2].

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /da.ta.pʰér.nɛːs/ → /ða.taˈɸer.nis/ → /ða.taˈfer.nis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /da.ta.pʰér.nɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /da.taˈpʰer.ne̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ða.taˈɸer.nis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ða.taˈfer.nis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ða.taˈfer.nis/

Proper noun

Δᾰτᾰφέρνης • (Dataphérnēs) m (genitive Δᾰτᾰφέρνου); third declension

1. a male given name from Old Persian: Dataphernes, a Persian killed by Alexander the Great

Inflection

First declension of ὁ Δᾰτᾰφέρνης; τοῦ Δᾰτᾰφέρνου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Δᾰτᾰφέρνης ho Dataphérnēs
Genitive	τοῦ Δᾰτᾰφέρνου toû Dataphérnou
Dative	τῷ Δᾰτᾰφέρνῃ tôi Dataphérnēi
Accusative	τὸν Δᾰτᾰφέρνην tòn Dataphérnēn
Vocative	Δᾰτᾰφέρνη Dataphérnē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: Dataphernēs

Further reading

• Δαταφέρνης in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2023)

1. Rüdiger Schmitt, "DATAPHERNES" in Encyclopædia Iranica, December 15, 1994
2. 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 169