Μαζαῖος

Μαζαῖος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Persian *Mazdāya-[1][2].

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ma.zâi̯.os/ → /maˈzɛ.os/ → /maˈze.os/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ma.zâi̯.os/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /maˈzɛ.os/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /maˈzɛ.os/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /maˈze.os/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /maˈze.os/

Proper noun

Μᾰζαῖος • (Mazaîos) m (genitive Μᾰζαίου); second declension

1. a male given name from Old Persian: Mazaeus, a Persian nobleman and satrap of Babylon

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Μᾰζαῖος; τοῦ Μᾰζαίου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Μᾰζαῖος ho Mazaîos
Genitive	τοῦ Μᾰζαίου toû Mazaíou
Dative	τῷ Μᾰζαίῳ tôi Mazaíōi
Accusative	τὸν Μᾰζαῖον tòn Mazaîon
Vocative	Μᾰζαῖε Mazaîe
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: Mazaeus

Further reading

• Μαζαῖος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette

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 244
2. • Ernst Badian, "MAZAEUS" in Encyclopædia Iranica, April 21, 2015