Τιρίβαζος

Τιρίβαζος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Median *Tīrībāzu- (literally “arm of the god Tiriya”)[1][2], from *Tīrī- (“a god”) + *bāzu- (“arm”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ti.rí.ba.zos/ → /tiˈri.βa.zos/ → /tiˈri.va.zos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ti.rí.ba.zos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /tiˈri.ba.zos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /tiˈri.βa.zos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /tiˈri.va.zos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /tiˈri.va.zos/

Proper noun

Τιρίβαζος • (Tiríbazos) m (genitive Τιριβάζου); second declension

1. a male given name from Old Median: Tiribazus

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Τιρίβαζος; τοῦ Τιριβάζου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Τιρίβαζος ho Tiríbazos
Genitive	τοῦ Τιριβάζου toû Tiribázou
Dative	τῷ Τιριβάζῳ tôi Tiribázōi
Accusative	τὸν Τιρίβαζον tòn Tiríbazon
Vocative	Τιρίβαζε Tiríbaze
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Τιρίβαζος (Tirívazos)
• → Latin: Tiribazus

References

1. 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 326
2. Hinz, Walther (1975), “*tīrībāzu-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3) (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 237

Further reading

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,028