Φαρνάσπης

Φαρνάσπης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Median *Farnāspa (literally “blissful horse”)[1][2], from *farnah- (“glory, splendour”) + *aspa- (“horse”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pʰar.nás.pɛːs/ → /ɸarˈnas.pis/ → /farˈnas.pis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰar.nás.pɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pʰarˈnas.pe̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɸarˈnas.pis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /farˈnas.pis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /farˈnas.pis/

Proper noun

Φᾰρνᾰ́σπης • (Pharnáspēs) m (genitive Φᾰρνᾰ́σπου); third declension

1. a male given name from Old Median: Pharnaspes, father of Cassandane and father-in-law of Cyrus the Great

Inflection

First declension of ὁ Φᾰρνᾰ́σπης; τοῦ Φᾰρνᾰ́σπου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Φᾰρνᾰ́σπης ho Pharnáspēs
Genitive	τοῦ Φᾰρνᾰ́σπου toû Pharnáspou
Dative	τῷ Φᾰρνᾰ́σπῃ tôi Pharnáspēi
Accusative	τὸν Φᾰρνᾰ́σπην tòn Pharnáspēn
Vocative	Φᾰρνᾰ́σπη Pharnáspē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: Pharnaspēs

Further reading

• Φαρνάσπης in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette

1. Hinz, Walther (1975) Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)‎ (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 95
2. Rüdiger Schmitt, “Medisches und persisches Sprachgut bei Herodot,” ZDMG 117, 1967, p. 136