Ἀρτάβανος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Old Persian *Arta-bānu or *Artabānuš (literally “The glory of Arta”) [1], from *ṛta- (“Arta”) + *bānu- (“beam, lustre, light”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hr̥tás (“truth”) and *bʰaHnúš (“ray of light”), respectively. Compare Sanskrit ऋत (ṛta, “order, rule; truth; logos”) and भानु (bhānu, “ray of light; brightness, splendor”).
Cognate with Old Armenian Արտաւան (Artawan), Parthian 𐭏𐭓𐭕𐭁𐭍𐭅 (ʿrtbnw), Middle Persian [script needed] ('rtw'n).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ar.tá.baː.nos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /arˈta.ba.nos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /arˈta.βa.nos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /arˈta.va.nos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /arˈta.va.nos/
Proper noun
Ἀρτάβᾱνος • (Artábānos) m (genitive Ἀρταβᾱ́νου); second declension
- Artabanus
Inflection
Second declension of ὁ Ἀρτάβᾱνος; τοῦ Ἀρταβᾱ́νου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ Ἀρτάβᾱνος ho Artábānos | ||||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ Ἀρταβᾱ́νου toû Artabā́nou | ||||||||||||
Dative | τῷ Ἀρταβᾱ́νῳ tôi Artabā́nōi | ||||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν Ἀρτάβᾱνον tòn Artábānon | ||||||||||||
Vocative | Ἀρτάβᾱνε Artábāne | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: Αρτάβανος (Artávanos)
- Latin: Artabānus
Further reading
- Ἀρτάβανος 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
- Rüdiger Schmitt, “Medisches und persisches Sprachgut bei Herodot,” ZDMG 117, 1967, p. 129