Πρηξάσπης

Πρηξάσπης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Median *Pr̥kšāspa (“having strong horses”) or *Parušaspa[1][2].

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /prɛːk.sǎːs.pɛːs/ → /prikˈsas.pis/ → /prikˈsas.pis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /prɛːk.sǎːs.pɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pre̝kˈsas.pe̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /prikˈsas.pis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /prikˈsas.pis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /prikˈsas.pis/

Proper noun

Πρηξᾰ́σπης • (Prēxáspēs) m (genitive Πρηξᾰ́σπου); first declension

1. a male given name from Old Median: Prexaspes, a commander of the Persian fleet

Inflection

First declension of ὁ Πρηξᾰ́σπης; τοῦ Πρηξᾰ́σπου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Πρηξᾰ́σπης ho Prēxáspēs
Genitive	τοῦ Πρηξᾰ́σπου toû Prēxáspou
Dative	τῷ Πρηξᾰ́σπῃ tôi Prēxáspēi
Accusative	τὸν Πρηξᾰ́σπην tòn Prēxáspēn
Vocative	Πρηξᾰ́σπη Prēxáspē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: Prēxaspēs

References

1. Hinz, Walther (1975), “*pr̥kšāspa-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3) (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 193
2. Tavernier, Jan (2007), “footnote 135”, 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 262

Further reading

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