Μεγάβυζος

Μεγάβυζος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Μεγάβυξος (Megábuxos)

Etymology

From Old Persian 𐎲𐎥𐎲𐎢𐎧𐏁 (b-g-b-u-x-š /Bagabuxšaʰ/).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /me.ɡá.by.zos/ → /meˈɣa.βy.zos/ → /meˈɣa.vi.zos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /me.ɡá.by.zos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /meˈɡa.by.zos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /meˈɣa.βy.zos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /meˈɣa.vy.zos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /meˈɣa.vi.zos/

Proper noun

Μεγάβυζος • (Megábuzos) m (genitive Μεγαβύζου); second declension

1. a male given name from Old Persian, equivalent to English Megabyzus

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Μεγάβυζος; τοῦ Μεγαβύζου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Μεγάβυζος ho Megábuzos
Genitive	τοῦ Μεγαβύζου toû Megabúzou
Dative	τῷ Μεγαβύζῳ tôi Megabúzōi
Accusative	τὸν Μεγάβυζον tòn Megábuzon
Vocative	Μεγάβυζε Megábuze
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Μεγάβυζος (Megávyzos)
• → Latin: Megabyzus

Further reading

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,016