Ἀριαβίγνης

Ἀριαβίγνης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Persian *Ariyabigna[1], from Arya- (“Aryan, Iranian”) + *abigna- (“attacking power”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.ri.a.bí.ɡnɛːs/ → /a.ri.aˈβi.ɣnis/ → /a.ri.aˈvi.ɣnis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.ri.a.bí.ɡnɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.ri.aˈbi.ɡne̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.ri.aˈβi.ɣnis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.ri.aˈvi.ɣnis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.ri.aˈvi.ɣnis/

Proper noun

Ἀρῐᾰβῐ́γνης • (Ariabígnēs) m (genitive Ἀρῐᾰβῐ́γνου); third declension

1. a male given name from Old Persian: Ariabignes, a Persian admiral

Inflection

First declension of ὁ Ἀρῐᾰβῐ́γνης; τοῦ Ἀρῐᾰβῐ́γνου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ἀρῐᾰβῐ́γνης ho Ariabígnēs
Genitive	τοῦ Ἀρῐᾰβῐ́γνου toû Ariabígnou
Dative	τῷ Ἀρῐᾰβῐ́γνῃ tôi Ariabígnēi
Accusative	τὸν Ἀρῐᾰβῐ́γνην tòn Ariabígnēn
Vocative	Ἀρῐᾰβῐ́γνη Ariabígnē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: Ariabignēs

Further reading

• Ἀριαβίγνης in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Ἀριαβίγνης in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2023)

1. Rüdiger Schmitt, “Medisches und persisches Sprachgut bei Herodot,” ZDMG 117, 1967, p. 131