Ἀχαιμένης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Old Persian 𐏃𐎧𐎠𐎶𐎴𐎡𐏁 (h-x-a-m-n-i-š /⁠Haxāmaniš⁠/).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Ᾰ̓χαιμένης • (Ăkhaiménēs) m (genitive Ᾰ̓χαιμένους); third declension

  1. Achaemenes (the founder of the Achaemenid dynasty)

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Ᾰ̓χαιμένης; τοῦ Ᾰ̓χαιμένους (contracted, Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ὁ Ᾰ̓χαιμένης
ho Ăkhaiménēs
Genitive τοῦ Ᾰ̓χαιμένους
toû Ăkhaiménous
Dative τῷ Ᾰ̓χαιμένει
tōî Ăkhaiménei
Accusative τὸν Ᾰ̓χαιμένη
tòn Ăkhaiménē
Vocative Ᾰ̓χαίμενες
Ăkhaímenes
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Greek: Αχαιμένης (Achaiménis)
  • → Latin: Achaemenes

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 17

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