Δαρεῖος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • Δᾱ́ρειος (Dā́reios)
  • Δᾱρειαῖος (Dāreiaîos)
  • Δαριήκης (Dariḗkēs)

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Persian 𐎭𐎠𐎼𐎹𐎢𐏁 (d-a-r-y-u-š /⁠Dārayauš⁠/), shortened form of 𐎭𐎠𐎼𐎹𐎺𐎢𐏁 (d-a-r-y-v-u-š /⁠Dārayavaʰuš⁠/).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Δᾱρεῖος • (Dāreîos) m (genitive Δᾱρείου); second declension

  1. a male given name from Old Persian, equivalent to English Darius
    • 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Anabasis 1.1.1:
      Δαρείου καὶ Παρυσάτιδος γίγνονται παῖδες δύο, πρεσβύτερος μὲν Ἀρταξέρξης, νεώτερος δὲ Κῦρος.
      Dareíou kaì Parusátidos gígnontai paîdes dúo, presbúteros mèn Artaxérxēs, neṓteros dè Kûros.
      Darius and Parysatis had two sons born to them: the older was Artaxerxes, the younger Cyrus.

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Δᾱρεῖος; τοῦ Δᾱρείου (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ὁ Δᾱρεῖος
ho Dāreîos
Genitive τοῦ Δᾱρείου
toû Dāreíou
Dative τῷ Δᾱρείῳ
tōî Dāreíōi
Accusative τὸν Δᾱρεῖον
tòn Dāreîon
Vocative Δᾱρεῖε
Dāreîe
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • Greek: Δαρείος (Dareíos)
  • Latin: Dārīus

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 15

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