Ἰνταφέρνης

Ἰνταφέρνης

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Ἰνταφρένης (Intaphrénēs)
• Ἰνδοφέρρης (Indophérrhēs)

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Persian 𐎻𐎡𐎭𐎳𐎼𐎴𐎠 (vi-i-d-f-r-n-a /Viⁿdafarnāʰ/).[1][2]

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /in.ta.pʰér.nɛːs/ → /in.taˈɸer.nis/ → /in.daˈfer.nis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /in.ta.pʰér.nɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /in.taˈpʰer.ne̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /in.taˈɸer.nis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /in.taˈfer.nis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /in.daˈfer.nis/

Proper noun

Ἰντᾰφέρνης • (Intaphérnēs) m (genitive Ἰντᾰφέρνου); third declension

1. a male given name from Old Persian: Intaphernes, bow-carrier of Darius the Great

Inflection

First declension of ὁ Ἰντᾰφέρνης; τοῦ Ἰντᾰφέρνου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ἰντᾰφέρνης ho Intaphérnēs
Genitive	τοῦ Ἰντᾰφέρνου toû Intaphérnou
Dative	τῷ Ἰντᾰφέρνῃ tôi Intaphérnēi
Accusative	τὸν Ἰντᾰφέρνην tòn Intaphérnēn
Vocative	Ἰντᾰφέρνη Intaphérnē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: Intaphernēs

References

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 22
2. Gardner, Percy (1886) The Coins of the Greek and Scythic Kings of Bactria and India in the British Museum‎, London: Gilbert & Rivington Ltd., →ISBN, pages 103-106

Further reading

• Ἰνταφέρνης in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette