Μεγάβυξος

Μεγάβυξος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Μεγάβυζος (Megábuzos)

Etymology

From Old Persian 𐎲𐎥𐎲𐎢𐎧𐏁 (b-g-b-u-x-š /Bagabuxšaʰ/)[1].

Proper noun

Μεγάβυξος • (Megábuxos) m (genitive Μεγαβύξου); second declension

1. A male given name from Old Persian, equivalent to English Megabyxus

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Μεγάβυξος; τοῦ Μεγαβύξου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Μεγάβυξος ho Megábuxos
Genitive	τοῦ Μεγαβύξου toû Megabúxou
Dative	τῷ Μεγαβύξῳ tôi Megabúxōi
Accusative	τὸν Μεγάβυξον tòn Megábuxon
Vocative	Μεγάβυξε Megábuxe
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Μεγάβυξος (Megávyxos)
• → Latin: Megabyxus

References

1. Tavernier, Jan (2007) , “1.2.9. Bagabuxša-”, 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 14