Παυσανίας
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See also: παυσανίας
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From παῦσις (paûsis, “stopping, ending”) + ἀνία (anía, “sorrow, grief”) + -ης (-ēs).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pau̯.sa.ní.aːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /paʍ.saˈni.as/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /paɸ.saˈni.as/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /paf.saˈni.as/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /paf.saˈni.as/
Proper noun
Παυσᾰνῐ́ᾱς • (Pausaníās) m (genitive Παυσᾰνῐ́ου); first declension
- a male given name: Pausanias
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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| Nominative | ὁ Παυσᾰνῐ́ᾱς ho Pausaníās | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ Παυσᾰνῐ́ου toû Pausaníou | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ Παυσᾰνῐ́ᾳ tôi Pausaníāi | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν Παυσᾰνῐ́ᾱν tòn Pausaníān | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Παυσᾰνῐ́ᾱ Pausaníā | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
References
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,020