Ἀριαπείθης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Scythian *Aryapaiθa (literally “adornment of the Iranians”)[1], composed *Arya (“Aryan, Iranian”) + *paiθa (“adornment, decoration”), from an older *paisah (cf. Avestan 𐬞𐬀𐬉𐬯𐬀‎ (paēsa)). Alternatively, the second element could be *paiθa, from Common Iranian *paiśa (“outlook”).[2][3]

Compare with Σπαργαπείθης (Spargapeíthēs), from Scythian *Spargapaiθa, and with Σπαργαπίσης (Spargapísēs), from Scythian *Spargapisa.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.ri.a.pěː.tʰɛːs/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.ri.aˈpi.tʰe̝s/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.ri.aˈpi.θis/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.ri.aˈpi.θis/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.ri.aˈpi.θis/

Proper noun

Ἀρῐᾰπείθης • (Ariapeíthēs) m (genitive Ἀρῐᾰπείθεος); third declension

a male given name from Scythian: Ariapeithes, a king of the Scythians

Declension

Third declension of ὁ Ἀρῐᾰπείθης; τοῦ Ἀρῐᾰπείθεος (uncontracted, Ionic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ἀρῐᾰπείθης ho Ariapeíthēs
Genitive	τοῦ Ἀρῐᾰπείθεος / Ἀρῐᾰπείθευς toû Ariapeítheos / Ariapeítheus
Dative	τῷ Ἀρῐᾰπείθει / Ἀρῐᾰπείθεῐ̈ tôi Ariapeíthei / Ariapeítheï
Accusative	τὸν Ἀρῐᾰπείθεᾰ tòn Ariapeíthea
Vocative	Ἀρῐᾰ́πειθες Ariápeithes
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

References

Hinz, Walther (1975), “*aryapaiθa-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3) (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 40
Rüdiger Schmitt, "SCYTHIAN LANGUAGE", in Encyclopaedia Iranica, April 10, 2018
Kullanda, Sergey Vsevolodovich, External relations of Scythian, p. 1.