Ἀρυάνδης

Ἀρυάνδης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from possibly Old Persian *Aryavanda (literally “praising the Iranians”)[1], or from *Arvanta (literally “swift, fast”)[2].

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.ry.án.dɛːs/ → /a.ryˈan.dis/ → /a.riˈan.dis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.ry.án.dɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.ryˈan.de̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.ryˈan.dis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.ryˈan.dis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.riˈan.dis/

Proper noun

Ἀρῠᾰ́νδης • (Aruándēs) m (genitive Ἀρῠᾰ́νδου); third declension

1. a male given name from Old Persian: Aryandes, the first satrap of Egypt

Inflection

First declension of ὁ Ἀρῠᾰ́νδης; τοῦ Ἀρῠᾰ́νδου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ἀρῠᾰ́νδης ho Aruándēs
Genitive	τοῦ Ἀρῠᾰ́νδου toû Aruándou
Dative	τῷ Ἀρῠᾰ́νδῃ tôi Aruándēi
Accusative	τὸν Ἀρῠᾰ́νδην tòn Aruándēn
Vocative	Ἀρῠᾰ́νδη Aruándē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: Aryandēs

References

1. Hinz, Walther (1975), “*aryavanda-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3) (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 41
2. 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 524

Further reading

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