Artabanus

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀρτάβανος (Artábanos), itself from Old Persian *Arta-bānu or *Artabānuš (literally “The glory of Arta”).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [arˈta.ba.nʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [arˈt̪aː.ba.nus]

Artabanus m sg (genitive Artabanī); second declension

1. A commander of Xerxes from Hyrcania
2. The name of various kings of Parthia

Second-declension noun, singular only.

• Artabanus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Artabanus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray