Ζευάκος

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Proto-Sarmatian *J̌īwak.[1] Compare Old Persian *Jīvakah.

Proper noun

Ζευάκος (Zeuákosm (genitive Ζευάκου); third declension

  1. a male given name from Scythian: Zeuacus
    1. father of Nauarthacus

Inflection

Descendants

  • Greek: Ζευάκος (Zevákos)
  • Latin: Zeuacus

References

  1. ^ Tavernier, Jan (2007) “4.2.902. *Jīvaka-”, 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 221

Further reading

  • Justi, Ferdinand (1895) “Ζευάκος”, in Iranisches Namenbuch (in German), Marburg: N. G. Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 385