Μασίστης
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Ancient Greek
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Persian 𐎶𐎰𐎡𐏁𐎫 (m-θ-i-š-t /Maθištaʰ/, literally “greatest, supreme”). Might originally have been a title maθišta pasā tanūm (“the greatest after myself (the king)”).[1]
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ma.sís.tɛːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /maˈsis.te̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /maˈsis.tis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /maˈsis.tis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /maˈsis.tis/
Proper noun
Μᾰσῐ́στης • (Măsĭ́stēs) m (genitive Μᾰσῐ́στου); third declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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| Nominative | ὁ Μᾰσῐ́στης ho Măsĭ́stēs | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ Μᾰσῐ́στου toû Măsĭ́stou | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ Μᾰσῐ́στῃ tôi Măsĭ́stēi | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν Μᾰσῐ́στην tòn Măsĭ́stēn | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Μᾰσῐ́στᾰ Măsĭ́stă | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
- → Latin: Masistēs
References
- ^ Rüdiger Schmitt, "MASISTES" in Encyclopædia Iranica, January 1, 2000
Further reading
- Μασίστης in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette