Μαζάκης

Μαζάκης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Persian *Mazdāka[1][2].

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ma.zá.kɛːs/ → /maˈza.cis/ → /maˈza.cis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ma.zá.kɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /maˈza.ke̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /maˈza.cis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /maˈza.cis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /maˈza.cis/

Proper noun

Μᾰζᾰ́κης • (Mazákēs) m (genitive Μᾰζᾰ́κου); third declension

1. a male given name from Old Persian: Mazaces, last satrap of Egypt

Inflection

First declension of ὁ Μᾰζᾰ́κης; τοῦ Μᾰζᾰ́κου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Μᾰζᾰ́κης ho Mazákēs
Genitive	τοῦ Μᾰζᾰ́κου toû Mazákou
Dative	τῷ Μᾰζᾰ́κῃ tôi Mazákēi
Accusative	τὸν Μᾰζᾰ́κην tòn Mazákēn
Vocative	Μᾰζᾰ́κη Mazákē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Μαζάκης (Mazákis)
• → Latin: Mazacēs

References

1. Hinz, Walther (1975), “*mazdaka-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3) (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 164
2. Tavernier, Jan (2007), “4.2.1079. *Mazdāka-”, in 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 244