Ἀριαράμνης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Old Persian 𐎠𐎼𐎡𐎹𐎠𐎼𐎶𐎴 (a-r-i-y-a-r-m-n /Aryāramna-/, literally “the one who creates peace for the Aryans”)[1], from 𐎠𐎼𐎡𐎹 (a-r-i-y, “Aryan”) + 𐎼𐎶𐎴 (r-m-n, “peace”, probably from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rem- (“to rest”) (compare Persian ‎ (“delight, joy”) and ‎ (“rest, peace”), from the same root)).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.ri.aː.rám.nɛːs/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.ri.aˈram.ne̝s/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.ri.aˈram.nis/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.ri.aˈram.nis/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.ri.aˈram.nis/

Proper noun

Ἀριαράμνης • (Ariarámnēs) m (genitive Ἀριαράμνου); first declension

a male given name from Old Persian, equivalent to English Ariaramnes

Inflection

First declension of ὁ Ἀριαράμνης; τοῦ Ἀριαράμνου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ἀριαράμνης ho Ariarámnēs
Genitive	τοῦ Ἀριαράμνου toû Ariarámnou
Dative	τῷ Ἀριαράμνῃ tôi Ariarámnēi
Accusative	τὸν Ἀριαράμνην tòn Ariarámnēn
Vocative	Ἀριαράμνη Ariarámnē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

→ Latin: Ariaramnnēs

References

Ἀριαράμνης in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2023)

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 14

[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 14