Ἀριοβαρζάνης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Persian *Aryābr̥zans.[1][2]

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Ἀρῐοβαρζάνης • (Arĭobarzánēsm (genitive Ἀρῐοβαρζάνους or Ἀρῐοβαρζάνου); third declension

  1. a male given name, Ariobarzanes, from Old Persian
    1. son of one Mithridates and satrap of Phrygia and the Hellespont
    2. local dynast of the Propontis
    3. son of Artabazus and commander of the Erythrean soldiers at the Battle of Gaugamela
    4. a son of Darius III
    5. a son of Mithridates I of Pontus
    6. an uncle of Syphax of Numidia
    7. Ariobarzanes I of Cappadocia
    8. Ariobarzanes II of Cappadocia
    9. Ariobarzanes III of Cappadocia
    10. Ariobarzanes I of Media Atropatene
    11. Ariobarzanes I of Media Atropatene
    12. Ariobarzanes II of Atropatene
    13. a sophist from Cilicia

Inflection

As a third-declension noun:

As a second-declension noun:

Descendants

  • Greek: Αριοβαρζάνης (Ariovarzánis)
  • Latin: Ariobarzanēs

Further reading

References

  1. ^ "ARIOBARZANES" in Encyclopædia Iranica, December 15, 1986
  2. ^ Hinz, Walther (1975) “*aryābrzana-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)‎[1] (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 39