Ἀρτάβαζος

Ἀρτάβαζος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Ἀρτάβασδος (Artábasdos)
• Ἀρταουάσδης (Artaouásdēs)
• Ἀρταύασδος (Artaúasdos)
• Ἀρταβάζης (Artabázēs)
• Ἀρτάοζος (Artáozos)

Etymology

From Old Persian *R̥tavazdāʰ (“possessing endurance through Arta”)[1][2][3] or from Old Median *R̥tabāzu (“Arm of Arta”).[4]

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ar.tá.ba.zos/ → /arˈta.βa.zos/ → /arˈta.va.zos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ar.tá.ba.zos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /arˈta.ba.zos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /arˈta.βa.zos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /arˈta.va.zos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /arˈta.va.zos/

Proper noun

Ἀρτάβαζος • (Artábazos) m (genitive Ἀρταβάζου); second declension

1. a male given name from Old Persian: Artabazus
   1. a Median friend of Cyrus the Younger
   2. a Persian leader of the peltasts and slingers under Cyrus the Younger
   3. a son of Pharnaces and leader of the Parthians and Chorasmians during the Persian invasion of Greece
   4. a possible son of Pharnabazus and Apama, and brother-in-law of Darius III and of Memnon and Mentor of Rhoses, general of Artaxerxes II in Egypt, satrap of Dascylium and successor of Megabates under Artaxerxes III and of Bactria under Darius III and Alexander the Great, and father of 11 sons and 10 daughters, including Ariobarzanes, Arsames, Pharnabazus, Ilioneus, Cophen, Artacama, Artonis and Barsine

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Ἀρτάβαζος; τοῦ Ἀρταβάζου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ Ἀρτάβαζος ho Artábazos	τὼ Ἀρταβάζω tṑ Artabázō	οἱ Ἀρτάβαζοι hoi Artábazoi
Genitive	τοῦ Ἀρταβάζου toû Artabázou	τοῖν Ἀρταβάζοιν toîn Artabázoin	τῶν Ἀρταβάζων tôn Artabázōn
Dative	τῷ Ἀρταβάζῳ tôi Artabázōi	τοῖν Ἀρταβάζοιν toîn Artabázoin	τοῖς Ἀρταβάζοις toîs Artabázois
Accusative	τὸν Ἀρτάβαζον tòn Artábazon	τὼ Ἀρταβάζω tṑ Artabázō	τοὺς Ἀρταβάζους toùs Artabázous
Vocative	Ἀρτάβαζε Artábaze	Ἀρταβάζω Artabázō	Ἀρτάβαζοι Artábazoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Αρτάβαζος (Artávazos)
• → Latin: Artabazus

Further reading

• Justi, Ferdinand (1895), “Ἀρτάβαζος”, in Iranisches Namenbuch (in German), Marburg: N. G. Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 32b-33a
• Ἀρτάβαζος 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. Rüdiger Schmitt, “Medisches und persisches Sprachgut bei Herodot,” ZDMG 117, 1967, p. 128
2. Rüdiger Schmitt, "ARTAVASDES" in Encyclopædia Iranica, December 15, 1986
3. 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 297
4. Hinz, Walther (1975) Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)‎ (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 209