Ἀρταουάσδης

Ἀρταουάσδης

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Ἀρτάβασδος (Artábasdos)
• Ἀρταύασδος (Artaúasdos)
• Ἀρταβάζης (Artabázēs)
• Ἀρτάβαζος (Artábazos)
• Ἀρτάοζος (Artáozos)

Etymology

From Old Persian *R̥tavazdā (“possessing endurance through Arta”)[1][2][3][4].

Proper noun

Ἀρταουάσδης • (Artaouásdēs) m (genitive Ἀρταουάσδου); second declension

1. Artavasdes, name of several kings of Armenia and Media

Inflection

First declension of ὁ Ἀρταουάσδης; τοῦ Ἀρταουάσδου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ Ἀρταουάσδης ho Artaouásdēs	τὼ Ἀρταουάσδᾱ tṑ Artaouásdā	οἱ Ἀρταουάσδαι hoi Artaouásdai
Genitive	τοῦ Ἀρταουάσδου toû Artaouásdou	τοῖν Ἀρταουάσδαιν toîn Artaouásdain	τῶν Ἀρταουασδῶν tôn Artaouasdôn
Dative	τῷ Ἀρταουάσδῃ tôi Artaouásdēi	τοῖν Ἀρταουάσδαιν toîn Artaouásdain	τοῖς Ἀρταουάσδαις toîs Artaouásdais
Accusative	τὸν Ἀρταουάσδην tòn Artaouásdēn	τὼ Ἀρταουάσδᾱ tṑ Artaouásdā	τοὺς Ἀρταουάσδᾱς toùs Artaouásdās
Vocative	Ἀρταουάσδη Artaouásdē	Ἀρταουάσδᾱ Artaouásdā	Ἀρταουάσδαι Artaouásdai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Ἀρταουάσδης (Ἀrtaouásdis)
• → Latin: Artavasdes

References

1. Rüdiger Schmitt, “Medisches und persisches Sprachgut bei Herodot,” ZDMG 117, 1967, p. 128
2. Hinz, Walther (1975), “*rtavazdah-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3) (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 217
3. Rüdiger Schmitt, "ARTAVASDES" in Encyclopædia Iranica, December 15, 1986
4. 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

• Ἀρταουάσδης in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2023)
• Ἀρταουάσδης in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette