Χοσρόης

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • Ὀσρόης (Osróēs)

Etymology

From Old Median *Husrawah (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?), with the suffix adapted to -ης (-ēs); compare Persian خسرو (xosrow) as well as Old Armenian Խոսրով (Xosrov) and Old Georgian ხოსრო (xosro) from the same or a related Iranian source, ultimately from Proto-Iranian *Hhucráwah (literally “Good Fame”) (see there for more). Distantly related to the native Greek name Εὐκλῆς (Euklês).

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Χοσρόης • (Khosróēs) m (genitive Χοσρόου); first declension

  1. Khosrow; Chosroes
    • 550s AD, Procopius, History of the Wars 2.1.1:
      Χρόνῳ δὲ οὐ πολλῷ ὕστερον ὁ Χοσρόης μαθὼν ὡς καὶ Ἰταλίαν Βελισάριος Ἰουστινιανῷ βασιλεῖ προσποιεῖν ἤρξατο…
      Khrónōi dè ou pollōî hústeron ho Khosróēs mathṑn hōs kaì Italían Belisários Ioustinianōî basileî prospoieîn ḗrxato…
      • 1916 translation by H. B. Dewing
        Not long after this Chosroes, upon learning that Belisarius had begun to win Italy also for the Emperor Justinian…

Inflection

First declension of ὁ Χοσρόης; τοῦ Χοσρόου (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ὁ Χοσρόης
ho Khosróēs
Genitive τοῦ Χοσρόου
toû Khosróou
Dative τῷ Χοσρόῃ
tōî Khosróēi
Accusative τὸν Χοσρόην
tòn Khosróēn
Vocative Χοσρόη
Khosróē
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • → Latin: Chosroes, Cosroe, Osroes, Osdroes
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