Ἰάζυγες

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Possibly of Iranian origin, from Proto-Iranian *yaz- (“to sacrifice”), from *Hyájati, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hyáȷ́ati (“to sacrifice, worship”).[1] Or, related to *hižwáH (“language, tongue, people”).[2] More at Iazyges.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /i.ǎː.zy.es/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /iˈa.zy.es/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /iˈa.zy.es/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /iˈa.zy.es/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /iˈa.zi.es/

Proper noun

Ἰᾱ́ζῠγες • (Iā́zuges) m (genitive Ἰᾱζῠ́γων); third declension

Iazyges, an ancient Sarmatian tribe settled in modern Ukraine[3]

Inflection

Third declension of οἱ Ἰᾱ́ζῠγες; τῶν Ἰᾱζῠ́γων (Attic)

Case / #	Plural
Nominative	οἱ Ἰᾱ́ζῠγες hoi Iā́zuges
Genitive	τῶν Ἰᾱζῠ́γων tôn Iāzúgōn
Dative	τοῖς Ἰᾱ́ζῠξῐ / Ἰᾱ́ζῠξῐν toîs Iā́zuxi(n)
Accusative	τοὺς Ἰᾱ́ζῠγᾰς toùs Iā́zugas
Vocative	Ἰᾱ́ζῠγες Iā́zuges
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

→ Latin: Iāzygēs

References

Lebedynsky, Iaroslav (2014). Les Sarmates amazones et lanciers cuirassés entre Oural et Danube (VIIe siècle av. J.-C. – VIe siècle apr. J.-C.). Éd. Errance.
Laurent, Peter Edmund (1830). An Introduction to the Study of Ancient Geography (2nd ed.). Henry Slatter.
Geography (Ptolemy), 3.5.19.

[1] Lebedynsky, Iaroslav (2014). Les Sarmates amazones et lanciers cuirassés entre Oural et Danube (VIIe siècle av. J.-C. – VIe siècle apr. J.-C.). Éd. Errance.

[2] Laurent, Peter Edmund (1830). An Introduction to the Study of Ancient Geography (2nd ed.). Henry Slatter.

[3] Geography (Ptolemy), 3.5.19.