Μασκάμης

Μασκάμης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Persian *Maškāma (literally “very strong desire”)[1].

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /mas.ká.mɛːs/ → /masˈka.mis/ → /masˈka.mis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /mas.ká.mɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /masˈka.me̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /masˈka.mis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /masˈka.mis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /masˈka.mis/

Proper noun

Μᾰσκᾰ́μης • (Maskámēs) m (genitive Μᾰσκᾰ́μου); third declension

1. a male given name from Old Persian: Mascames, a Persian commander

Inflection

First declension of ὁ Μᾰσκᾰ́μης; τοῦ Μᾰσκᾰ́μου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Μᾰσκᾰ́μης ho Maskámēs
Genitive	τοῦ Μᾰσκᾰ́μου toû Maskámou
Dative	τῷ Μᾰσκᾰ́μῃ tôi Maskámēi
Accusative	τὸν Μᾰσκᾰ́μην tòn Maskámēn
Vocative	Μᾰσκᾰ́μη Maskámē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: Mascamēs

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 242

Further reading

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