Σατιβαρζάνης

Σατιβαρζάνης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Persian *Šyātibr̥zaⁿs (literally “exalting prosperity”).[1][2]

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /sa.ti.bar.zá.nɛːs/ → /sa.ti.βarˈza.nis/ → /sa.ti.varˈza.nis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /sa.ti.bar.zá.nɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /sa.ti.barˈza.ne̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /sa.ti.βarˈza.nis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /sa.ti.varˈza.nis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /sa.ti.varˈza.nis/

Proper noun

Σᾰτῐβᾰρζᾰ́νης • (Satibarzánēs) m (genitive Σᾰτῐβᾰρζᾰ́νου); third declension

1. a male given name from Old Persian: Satibarzanes
   1. chamberlain of Artaxerxes I
   2. a eunuch who lived during the early reign of Artaxerxes II
   3. a satrap of Aria and supporter of Bessus

Inflection

First declension of ὁ Σᾰτῐβᾰρζᾰ́νης; τοῦ Σᾰτῐβᾰρζᾰ́νου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Σᾰτῐβᾰρζᾰ́νης ho Satibarzánēs
Genitive	τοῦ Σᾰτῐβᾰρζᾰ́νου toû Satibarzánou
Dative	τῷ Σᾰτῐβᾰρζᾰ́νῃ tôi Satibarzánēi
Accusative	τὸν Σᾰτῐβᾰρζᾰ́νην tòn Satibarzánēn
Vocative	Σᾰτῐβᾰρζᾰ́νη Satibarzánē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Σατιβαρζάνης (Sativarzánis)
• → Latin: Satibarzanēs

Further reading

• Justi, Ferdinand (1895), “Σατιβαρζάνης”, in Iranisches Namenbuch (in German), Marburg: N. G. Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 291b
• Σατιβαρζάνης in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette

References

1. Tavernier, Jan (2007), “4.2.1637. *Šātibṛzana-”, 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 318
2. Hinz, Walther (1975), “*šyātibrzana-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3) (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 231