Φραόρτης

Φραόρτης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Median 𐎳𐎼𐎺𐎼𐎫𐎡𐏁 (“Fravartiš”, literally “guardian angel”)[1].

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pʰra.ór.tɛːs/ → /ɸraˈor.tis/ → /fraˈor.tis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰra.ór.tɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pʰraˈor.te̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɸraˈor.tis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /fraˈor.tis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /fraˈor.tis/

Proper noun

Φρᾰόρτης • (Phraórtēs) m (genitive Φρᾰόρτου); third declension

1. a male given name from Old Median: Phraortes, son of Deioces and king of Media

Inflection

First declension of ὁ Φρᾰόρτης; τοῦ Φρᾰόρτου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Φρᾰόρτης ho Phraórtēs
Genitive	τοῦ Φρᾰόρτου toû Phraórtou
Dative	τῷ Φρᾰόρτῃ tôi Phraórtēi
Accusative	τὸν Φρᾰόρτην tòn Phraórtēn
Vocative	Φρᾰόρτᾰ Phraórta
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: Phraortēs

References

1. Tavernier, Jan (2007), “1.2.17 Fravartiš (F-r-v-r-t-i-š-)”, in 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 16

Further reading

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