Pharnaces

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Φαρνάκης (Pharnákēs), itself from Old Iranian *Farnaka-.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈpʰar.na.keːs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈfar.na.t͡ʃes]

Pharnacēs m sg (genitive Pharnacis); third declension

1. The progenitor of the kings of Cappadocia
2. The name of two kings of Pontus

Third-declension noun, singular only.

• Italian: Farnace

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