Ἀρταβαζάνης

Ἀρταβαζάνης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Of disputed etymology. Either borrowed from Old Persian *R̥tabr̥zaⁿs, or from *R̥tavazdānaʰ.[1][2]

Proper noun

Ἀρταβαζάνης • (Artabazánēs) m (genitive Ἀρταβαζάνους or Ἀρταβαζάνου); third declension

1. A male given name from Old Persian: Artabazanes

Inflection

As a third-declension noun:

Third declension of ὁ Ἀρταβαζάνης; τοῦ Ἀρταβαζάνους (contracted, Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ἀρταβαζάνης ho Artabazánēs
Genitive	τοῦ Ἀρταβαζάνους toû Artabazánous
Dative	τῷ Ἀρταβαζάνει tôi Artabazánei
Accusative	τὸν Ἀρταβαζάνη tòn Artabazánē
Vocative	Ἀρταβάζανες Artabázanes
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 Ἀρταβαζάνης; τοῦ Ἀρταβαζάνου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ἀρταβαζάνης ho Artabazánēs
Genitive	τοῦ Ἀρταβαζάνου toû Artabazánou
Dative	τῷ Ἀρταβαζάνῃ tôi Artabazánēi
Accusative	τὸν Ἀρταβαζάνην tòn Artabazánēn
Vocative	Ἀρταβαζάνη Artabazánē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Ἀρταβαζάνης (Ἀrtavazánis)
• → Latin: Artabazanēs

Further reading

• Justi, Ferdinand (1895), “Ἀριοβαρζάνης”, in Iranisches Namenbuch (in German), Marburg: N. G. Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 32b
• Ἀρταβαζάνης in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2021)

References

1. C. J. Brunner (15 December 1986), “ARTABAZANES”, in Encyclopædia Iranica‎, Encyclopædia Iranica Foundation, Brill, retrieved 2 November 2021: “This name is *Ṛtabṛzā/ăna, a patronymic of *Ṛta-bṛza, “exalting Truth”; it is also attested in Elamite. “Artabazanes” is also regarded as not being a variant but a proper patronymic to the name *Ṛta-vazdah.”
2. Hinz, Walther (1975), “*rtabrzana-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3) (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 209