Ἀριοβαρζάνης

Ἀριοβαρζάνης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Persian *Aryābr̥zaⁿs (literally “exalting the Aryans/Iranians”).[1][2]

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.ri.o.bar.zá.nɛːs/ → /a.ri.o.βarˈza.nis/ → /a.ri.o.varˈza.nis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.ri.o.bar.zá.nɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.ri.o.barˈza.ne̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.ri.o.βarˈza.nis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.ri.o.varˈza.nis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.ri.o.varˈza.nis/

Proper noun

Ἀρῐοβαρζάνης • (Ariobarzánēs) m (genitive Ἀρῐοβαρζάνους or Ἀρῐοβαρζάνου); third declension

1. a male given name from Old Persian: Ariobarzanes
   1. son of one Mithridates and satrap of Phrygia and the Hellespont
   2. local dynast of the Propontis
   3. son of Artabazus and commander of the Erythrean soldiers at the Battle of Gaugamela
   4. a son of Darius III
   5. a son of Mithridates I of Pontus
   6. an uncle of Syphax of Numidia
   7. Ariobarzanes I of Cappadocia
   8. Ariobarzanes II of Cappadocia
   9. Ariobarzanes III of Cappadocia
   10. Ariobarzanes I of Media Atropatene
   11. Ariobarzanes I of Media Atropatene
   12. Ariobarzanes II of Atropatene
   13. a sophist from Cilicia

Inflection

As a third-declension noun:

Third declension of ὁ Ἀρῐοβαρζάνης; τοῦ Ἀρῐοβαρζάνους (contracted, Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ἀρῐοβαρζάνης ho Ariobarzánēs
Genitive	τοῦ Ἀρῐοβαρζάνους toû Ariobarzánous
Dative	τῷ Ἀρῐοβαρζάνει tôi Ariobarzánei
Accusative	τὸν Ἀρῐοβαρζάνη tòn Ariobarzánē
Vocative	Ἀρῐοβάρζανες Ariobárzanes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

As a second-declension noun:

First declension of ὁ Ἀρῐοβαρζάνης; τοῦ Ἀρῐοβαρζάνου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ἀρῐοβαρζάνης ho Ariobarzánēs
Genitive	τοῦ Ἀρῐοβαρζάνου toû Ariobarzánou
Dative	τῷ Ἀρῐοβαρζάνῃ tôi Ariobarzánēi
Accusative	τὸν Ἀρῐοβαρζάνην tòn Ariobarzánēn
Vocative	Ἀρῐοβαρζάνη Ariobarzánē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Αριοβαρζάνης (Ariovarzánis)
• → Latin: Ariobarzanēs

Further reading

• Justi, Ferdinand (1895), “Ἀριοβαρζάνης”, in Iranisches Namenbuch (in German), Marburg: N. G. Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 25b-26a
• Ἀριοβαρζάνης in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2023)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,002

References

1. "ARIOBARZANES" in Encyclopædia Iranica, December 15, 1986
2. Hinz, Walther (1975), “*aryābrzana-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3) (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 39