Σμέρδις
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- Μέρδῐς (Mérdis)
Etymology
From Old Persian 𐎲𐎼𐎮𐎡𐎹 (b-r-di-i-y, “Bạrdiya-”), from *bṛdi (“high”)[1][2] + -iya- (adjectival suffix).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /zmér.dis/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈzmer.dis/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈzmer.ðis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈzmer.ðis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈzmer.ðis/
Proper noun
Σμέρδῐς • (Smérdis) m (genitive Σμέρδεως); third declension
- Smerdis (Bardiya)
Inflection
Third declension of ὁ Σμέρδῐς; τοῦ Σμέρδῐος (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ Σμέρδῐς ho Smérdis | ||||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ Σμέρδῐος toû Smérdios | ||||||||||||
Dative | τῷ Σμέρδῑ tôi Smérdī | ||||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν Σμέρδῐν tòn Smérdin | ||||||||||||
Vocative | Σμέρδῐ Smérdi | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- Σμερδῐ́ης (Smerdíēs)
Descendants
- Greek: Σμέρδις (Smérdis)
- Latin: Smerdis
References
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,025
- Σμέρδις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Tavernier, Jan (2007) 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 550
- Tavernier, Jan (2007) 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 580