Ἀράξης
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Borrowed at the end of the 5th century BC from Old Median *Araxs(ā). See Old Armenian Երասխ (Erasx) for more.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /a.rák.sɛːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /aˈrak.se̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /aˈrak.sis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /aˈrak.sis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /aˈrak.sis/
Proper noun
Ἀράξης • (Aráxēs) m (genitive Ἀράξου); first declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | Ἀράξης Aráxēs | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | Ἀράξᾱο / Ἀράξε͜ω / Ἀράξω Aráxāo / Aráxe͜ō / Aráxō | ||||||||||||
| Dative | Ἀράξῃ Aráxēi | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | Ἀράξην Aráxēn | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Ἀράξη Aráxē | ||||||||||||
| Notes: |
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| Case / # | Plural | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | Ἀράξαι Aráxai | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | Ἀραξᾱ́ων / Ἀραξέ͜ων / Ἀραξῶν Araxā́ōn / Araxé͜ōn / Araxôn | ||||||||||||
| Dative | Ἀράξῃσῐ / Ἀράξῃσῐν / Ἀράξῃς / Ἀράξαις Aráxēisĭ(n) / Aráxēis / Aráxais | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | Ἀράξᾱς Aráxās | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Ἀράξαι Aráxai | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
- Armenian: Արաքս (Arakʻs)
- Georgian: არაქსი (araksi)
- Greek: Αράξης (Aráxis)
- Latin: Araxes
- Russian: Аракс (Araks)
References
- Ἀράξης in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,002
- Perixanjan, A. G. (1993) Материалы к этимологическому словарю древнеармянского языка. Часть I [Materials for the Etymological Dictionary of the Old Armenian Language. Part 1][2] (in Russian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 12