Πασαργάδαι

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Old Median Pāθragadā- (literally “protective mace”),[1] from *pāθra- (“protective object”) +‎ *gadā- (“mace”); the first element is from Proto-Iranian *paHθra, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *paHtram, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂-trom; the second element is from Proto-Iranian *gádaH, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *gádaH.

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Πασαργᾰ́δαι • (Pasargắdai) f pl (genitive Πασαργᾰδῶν); first declension

  1. Pasargadae

Declension

First declension of αἱ Πασαργᾰ́δαι; τῶν Πασαργᾰδῶν (Attic)
Case / # Plural
Nominative αἱ Πασαργᾰ́δαι
hai Pasargắdai
Genitive τῶν Πασαργᾰδῶν
tôn Pasargădôn
Dative ταῖς Πασαργᾰ́δαις
taîs Pasargắdais
Accusative τᾱ̀ς Πασαργᾰ́δᾱς
tā̀s Pasargắdās
Vocative Πασαργᾰ́δαι
Pasargắdai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • Greek: Πασαργάδες (Pasargádes)
  • Latin: Pasargadae
  • Persian: پاسارگاد

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 392
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