Ῥωξάνης
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Persian *Rauxšnā̆ (“the shining, light”)[1][2].
Proper noun
Ῥωξάνης • (Rhōxánēs) m (genitive Ῥωξάνους); third declension
- A male given name from Old Persian: Roxanes, an Achaemenid chiliarch
Inflection
Third declension of ὁ Ῥωξάνης; τοῦ Ῥωξάνους (contracted, Attic)
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ Ῥωξάνης ho Rhōxánēs | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ Ῥωξάνους toû Rhōxánous | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ Ῥωξάνει tôi Rhōxánei | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν Ῥωξάνη tòn Rhōxánē | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Ῥώξανες Rhṓxanes | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: Ρωξάνης (Roxánis)
- → Latin: Rōxanēs
Further reading
- Ῥωξάνης in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Justi, Ferdinand (1895) , “Ῥωξάνης”, in Iranisches Namenbuch (in German), Marburg: N. G. Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 262
References
- Hinz, Walther (1975) , “*rauxšnā̆”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3) (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 202
- Tavernier, Jan (2007) , “4.2.1391. *Rauxšna”, in 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 285