Ὀξυάρτης
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Borrowed from Bactrian *Huxšaθra- (literally “Of good reign”)[1], composed of *hu- (“good”) + *xšaθra- (“reign, kingdom”). Doublet of Ὀξυάθρης (Oxuáthrēs), which is from Old Persian.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ok.sy.ár.tɛːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ok.syˈar.te̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ok.syˈar.tis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ok.syˈar.tis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ok.siˈar.tis/
Proper noun
Ὀξῠᾰ́ρτης • (Oxuártēs) m (genitive Ὀξῠᾰ́ρτου); third declension
- a male given name from Old Bactrian: Oxyartes, a Bactrian nobleman and father of Roxana
Inflection
First declension of ὁ Ὀξῠᾰ́ρτης; τοῦ Ὀξῠᾰ́ρτου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ Ὀξῠᾰ́ρτης ho Oxuártēs | ||||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ Ὀξῠᾰ́ρτου toû Oxuártou | ||||||||||||
Dative | τῷ Ὀξῠᾰ́ρτῃ tôi Oxuártēi | ||||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν Ὀξῠᾰ́ρτην tòn Oxuártēn | ||||||||||||
Vocative | Ὀξῠᾰ́ρτᾰ Oxuárta | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
- → Latin: Oxyartēs
References
- Rüdiger Schmitt (July 20, 2002), “OXYARTES”, in Encyclopædia Iranica
Further reading
- Ὀξυάρτης in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette