Δαυρίσης

Δαυρίσης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Median *Dahyuvraisa or Old Persian *Dahyuvraiθa (“he who wanders in the land”)[1][2].

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /dau̯.rí.sɛːs/ → /ðaˈβri.sis/ → /ðaˈvri.sis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /dau̯.rí.sɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /dawˈri.se̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ðaˈβri.sis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ðaˈvri.sis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ðaˈvri.sis/

Proper noun

Δαυρῐ́σης • (Daurísēs) m (genitive Δαυρῐ́σου); third declension

1. a male given name: Daurises, a Persian commander and son-in-law of Hystaspes

Inflection

First declension of ὁ Δαυρῐ́σης; τοῦ Δαυρῐ́σου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Δαυρῐ́σης ho Daurísēs
Genitive	τοῦ Δαυρῐ́σου toû Daurísou
Dative	τῷ Δαυρῐ́σῃ tôi Daurísēi
Accusative	τὸν Δαυρῐ́σην tòn Daurísēn
Vocative	Δαυρῐ́ση Daurísē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: Daurisēs

Further reading

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

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 164
2. Rüdiger Schmitt, "DAURISES" in Encyclopædia Iranica, December 15, 1994