Τιθραύστης

Τιθραύστης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Persian *Ciθrāvahištaʰ.[1]

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ti.tʰrǎu̯s.tɛːs/ → /tiˈθraɸs.tis/ → /tiˈθrafs.tis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ti.tʰrǎu̯s.tɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /tiˈtʰraʍs.te̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /tiˈθraɸs.tis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /tiˈθrafs.tis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /tiˈθrafs.tis/

Proper noun

Τιθραύστης • (Tithraústēs) m (genitive Τιθραύστου); first declension

1. a male given name from Old Persian: Tithraustes
   1. a natural son of Xerxes I and commander-in-chief against Cimon
   2. a satrap of Lydia and executor and successor of Tissaphernes

Inflection

First declension of ὁ Τιθραύστης; τοῦ Τιθραύστου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Τιθραύστης ho Tithraústēs
Genitive	τοῦ Τιθραύστου toû Tithraústou
Dative	τῷ Τιθραύστῃ tôi Tithraústēi
Accusative	τὸν Τιθραύστην tòn Tithraústēn
Vocative	Τιθραῦστᾰ Tithraûsta
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Τιθραύστης (Tithráfstis)
• → Latin: Tithraustēs

References

1. Hinz, Walther (1975), “*čiθrāvahišta”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3) (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 75

Further reading

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,028
• Τιθραύστης in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Justi, Ferdinand (1895), “Čiθrawahišta”, in Iranisches Namenbuch (in German), Marburg: N. G. Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 164b