Ἀχαιμένης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Old Persian 𐏃𐎧𐎠𐎶𐎴𐎡𐏁 (h-x-a-m-n-i-š /Haxāmaniš/, literally “having the mind of someone allegiant”)[1], from *haxā- (“he who is bound by allegiance, someone allegiant”) + *mani- (“mind, mentality”), from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- (“to follow”) and *men- (“to think”), whence ἕπομαι (hépomai) and μένος (ménos).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.kʰai̯.mé.nɛːs/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.kʰɛˈme.ne̝s/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.çɛˈme.nis/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.çeˈme.nis/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.çeˈme.nis/

Proper noun

Ᾰ̓χαιμένης • (Akhaiménēs) m (genitive Ᾰ̓χαιμένους); third declension

Achaemenes, the founder of the Persian Achaemenid dynasty

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Ᾰ̓χαιμένης; τοῦ Ᾰ̓χαιμένους (contracted, Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ᾰ̓χαιμένης ho Akhaiménēs
Genitive	τοῦ Ᾰ̓χαιμένους toû Akhaiménous
Dative	τῷ Ᾰ̓χαιμένει tôi Akhaiménei
Accusative	τὸν Ᾰ̓χαιμένη tòn Akhaiménē
Vocative	Ᾰ̓χαίμενες Akhaímenes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

Ᾰ̓χαιμενῐ́δης (Akhaimenídēs)
ἀχαιμενῐ́ς (akhaimenís)

Descendants

Greek: Αχαιμένης (Achaiménis)
Latin: Achaemenes

References

Ἀχαιμένης 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 999

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 17

[1] 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 17