Παρύσατις

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

From Old Persian *Parušātiš, a variant of *Parušyātiš (literally with much prosperity).[1][2]

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Παρύσατις (Parúsatisf (genitive Παρυσάτιδος); third declension

  1. a female given name from Old Persian: Parysatis
    1. wife of Hystaspes and mother of Darius the Great
    2. daughter of Artaxerxes I and Andia and wife of her step-brother Darius II and mother of Artaxerxes II and Cyrus the Younger
    3. youngest daughter of Artaxerxes II, whom Alexander the Great married after Roxane and at the same time as Stateira II

Inflection

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Hinz, Walther (1975) “*parušyāti-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)‎ (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 182
  2. ^ Tavernier, Jan (2007) “4.2.1240. *Parušyātiš: *Paru-šyāti-š”, 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 267

Further reading

  • Justi, Ferdinand (1895) “Παρύσατις. Παρυσάτις”, in Iranisches Namenbuch (in German), Marburg: N. G. Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 244
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,020
  • p. 291 in M. A. Dadamaev's A Political History of the Achaemenid Empire. Brill. 1989.