Βήσσος

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

Borrowed from Old Persian, and suggested to be from Late Old Persian *Bēçā-, from Old Persian *Bayaçā-, formed from nouns related to Proto-Iranian *báyHati (to fear), and *θráHyati (to protect), respectively,[1] however, no such nouns are attested in Persian.

Proper noun

Βήσσος (Bḗssosm (genitive Βήσσου); second declension

  1. Bessus, satrap of Bactria

Inflection

Descendants

  • Greek: Βήσσος (Víssos)
  • Latin: Bessus

References

  1. ^ Tavernier, Jan (2007) “*Bayaçā-”, 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 149

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