Παυσανίας

Παυσανίας

See also: παυσανίας

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From παῦσις (paûsis, “stopping, ending”) +‎ ἀνία (anía, “sorrow, grief”) +‎ -ης (-ēs).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pau̯.sa.ní.aːs/ → /paɸ.saˈni.as/ → /paf.saˈni.as/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pau̯.sa.ní.aːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /paʍ.saˈni.as/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /paɸ.saˈni.as/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /paf.saˈni.as/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /paf.saˈni.as/

Proper noun

Παυσᾰνῐ́ᾱς • (Pausaníās) m (genitive Παυσᾰνῐ́ου); first declension

1. a male given name: Pausanias
   • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Demosthenes, Against Neaera 96

Inflection

First declension of ὁ Παυσᾰνῐ́ᾱς; τοῦ Παυσᾰνῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Παυσᾰνῐ́ᾱς ho Pausaníās
Genitive	τοῦ Παυσᾰνῐ́ου toû Pausaníou
Dative	τῷ Παυσᾰνῐ́ᾳ tôi Pausaníāi
Accusative	τὸν Παυσᾰνῐ́ᾱν tòn Pausaníān
Vocative	Παυσᾰνῐ́ᾱ Pausaníā
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Παυσανίας (Pafsanías)
• Latin: Pausanias

References

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,020