Ἀρταβαζάνης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Of disputed etymology. Either borrowed from Old Persian *R̥tabr̥zaⁿs, or from *R̥tavazdānaʰ.[1][2]

Proper noun

Ἀρταβαζάνης (Artabazánēs) m (genitive Ἀρταβαζάνους or Ἀρταβαζάνου); third declension

  1. a male given name from Old Persian: Artabazanes

Inflection

As a third-declension noun:

As a second-declension noun:

Descendants

  • Greek: Ἀρταβαζάνης (Ἀrtavazánis)
  • Latin: Artabazanēs

Further reading

References

  1. C. J. Brunner (15 December 1986), “ARTABAZANES”, in Encyclopædia Iranica, Encyclopædia Iranica Foundation, Brill, retrieved 2 November 2021: “This name is *Ṛtabṛzā/ăna, a patronymic of *Ṛta-bṛza, “exalting Truth”; it is also attested in Elamite. “Artabazanes” is also regarded as not being a variant but a proper patronymic to the name *Ṛta-vazdah.”
  2. Hinz, Walther (1975), *rtabrzana-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3) (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 209
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