Ἀρταβάζης

Ἀρταβάζης

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Ἀρταουάσδης (Artaouásdēs)
• Ἀρτάβασδος (Artábasdos)
• Ἀρταύασδος (Artaúasdos)
• Ἀρτάβαζος (Artábazos)
• Ἀρτάοζος (Artáozos)

Etymology

From Old Persian *R̥tavazdāʰ (“possessing endurance through Arta”)[1][2][3].

Proper noun

Ἀρταβάζης • (Artabázēs) m (genitive Ἀρταβάζου); second declension

1. Artabazes, name of several kings of Armenia

Inflection

First declension of ὁ Ἀρταβάζης; τοῦ Ἀρταβάζου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ Ἀρταβάζης ho Artabázēs	τὼ Ἀρταβάζᾱ tṑ Artabázā	οἱ Ἀρταβάζαι hoi Artabázai
Genitive	τοῦ Ἀρταβάζου toû Artabázou	τοῖν Ἀρταβάζαιν toîn Artabázain	τῶν Ἀρταβαζῶν tôn Artabazôn
Dative	τῷ Ἀρταβάζῃ tôi Artabázēi	τοῖν Ἀρταβάζαιν toîn Artabázain	τοῖς Ἀρταβάζαις toîs Artabázais
Accusative	τὸν Ἀρταβάζην tòn Artabázēn	τὼ Ἀρταβάζᾱ tṑ Artabázā	τοὺς Ἀρταβάζᾱς toùs Artabázās
Vocative	Ἀρταβάζη Artabázē	Ἀρταβάζᾱ Artabázā	Ἀρταβάζαι Artabázai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Ἀρταβάζης (Ἀrtavázis)
• → Latin: Artabazes

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

Further reading

• Ἀρταβάζης in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette