Ὑμαίς

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Ὑμαίς • (Humaís) m (genitive Ὑμαίου); third declension

  1. a male given name, Hymaes, from Old Persian, son-in-law of king Darius

Descendants

  • → Latin: Hymaes

References

  1. ^ Hinz, Walther (1975) “*humāya-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)‎[1] (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 125
  2. ^ Tavernier, Jan (2007) “4.2.802. *Humāya-”, in 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 207

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