Μασίστης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Persian 𐎶𐎰𐎡𐏁𐎫 (m-θ-i-š-t /⁠Maθištaʰ⁠/, literally “greatest, supreme”). Might originally have been a title maθišta pasā tanūm (“the greatest after myself (the king)”).^[1]

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ma.sís.tɛːs/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /maˈsis.te̝s/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /maˈsis.tis/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /maˈsis.tis/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /maˈsis.tis/

Proper noun

Μᾰσῐ́στης • (Măsĭ́stēs) m (genitive Μᾰσῐ́στου); third declension

a male given name from Old Persian: Masistes, a Persian prince and son of Darius

Inflection

First declension of ὁ Μᾰσῐ́στης; τοῦ Μᾰσῐ́στου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Μᾰσῐ́στης ho Măsĭ́stēs
Genitive	τοῦ Μᾰσῐ́στου toû Măsĭ́stou
Dative	τῷ Μᾰσῐ́στῃ tōî Măsĭ́stēi
Accusative	τὸν Μᾰσῐ́στην tòn Măsĭ́stēn
Vocative	Μᾰσῐ́στᾰ Măsĭ́stă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

→ Latin: Masistēs

References

^ Rüdiger Schmitt, "MASISTES" in Encyclopædia Iranica, January 1, 2000