Ῥωξάνη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Persian *Rauxšna and Bactrian *Rauxšnā (literally “shining, radiant, brilliant”)[1][2][3].

Pronunciation
 

Proper noun

Ῥωξᾱ́νη • (Rhōxā́nē) f (genitive Ῥωξᾱ́νης); first declension

  1. Roxana, (wife of Cambyses II)
  2. Roxana, (wife of Alexander the Great)

Inflection
First declension of ἡ Ῥωξᾱ́νη; τῆς Ῥωξᾱ́νης (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ἡ Ῥωξᾱ́νη
hē Rhōxā́nē
Genitive τῆς Ῥωξᾱ́νης
tês Rhōxā́nēs
Dative τῇ Ῥωξᾱ́νῃ
têi Rhōxā́nēi
Accusative τὴν Ῥωξᾱ́νην
tḕn Rhōxā́nēn
Vocative Ῥωξᾱ́νη
Rhōxā́nē
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants
  • Greek: Ρωξάνη (Roxáni)
  • → Hebrew: רוקסנה‎
  • → Hungarian: Rhóxané
  • → Persian: رکسانه‎ (roksâne), رکسانه‎ (Roksânâ)
  • → Latin: Roxana
  • → Russian: Рокса́на (Roksána)

References
  1. Rüdiger Schmitt, "RHOXANE i. THE NAME" in Encyclopædia Iranica, April 6, 2018
  2. Hinz, Walther (1975), “*rauxšnā̆”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3) (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 202
  3. Tavernier, Jan (2007), “4.2.1391. *Rauxšna”, 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 285

Further reading
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,024
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