Ἀρταξέρξης

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • Ἀρτοξέρξης (Artoxérxēs)
  • Ἀρταξέσσης (Artaxéssēs) — Caria
  • Ἀρταξίας (Artaxías)

Etymology

From earlier Ἀρταξέσσης (Artaxéssēs), assimilated to the name Ξέρξης (Xérxēs),[1] borrowed from Old Persian 𐎠𐎼𐎫𐎧𐏁𐏂𐎠 (a-r-t-x-š-ç-a /⁠R̥taxšaçāʰ⁠/).[2]

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Ἀρταξέρξης • (Artaxérxēs) m (genitive Ἀρταξέρξου); first declension

  1. a male given name, Artaxerxes, from Old Persian

Inflection

First declension of ὁ Ἀρταξέρξης; τοῦ Ἀρταξέρξου (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ὁ Ἀρταξέρξης
ho Artaxérxēs
Genitive τοῦ Ἀρταξέρξου
toû Artaxérxou
Dative τῷ Ἀρταξέρξῃ
tōî Artaxérxēi
Accusative τὸν Ἀρταξέρξην
tòn Artaxérxēn
Vocative Ἀρταξέρξη
Artaxérxē
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • Greek: Αρταξέρξης (Artaxérxis)
  • Latin: Artaxerxēs

References

  1. ^ Rüdiger Schmitt (December 15, 1986), "Artaxerxes", Encyclopædia Iranica
  2. ^ 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 13

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