Σοσθάνης
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Persian.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /sos.tʰá.nɛːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /sosˈtʰa.ne̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /sosˈθa.nis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /sosˈθa.nis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /sosˈθa.nis/
Proper noun
Σοσθᾰ́νης • (Sosthánēs) m (genitive Σοσθᾰ́νου); third declension
- a male given name from Old Persian: Sosthanes, a Persian commander
Inflection
First declension of ὁ Σοσθᾰ́νης; τοῦ Σοσθᾰ́νου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ Σοσθᾰ́νης ho Sosthánēs | ||||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ Σοσθᾰ́νου toû Sosthánou | ||||||||||||
Dative | τῷ Σοσθᾰ́νῃ tôi Sosthánēi | ||||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν Σοσθᾰ́νην tòn Sosthánēn | ||||||||||||
Vocative | Σοσθᾰ́νη Sosthánē | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
- → Latin: Sosthanēs
Further reading
- Σοσθάνης in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette