Φραόρτης

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

Borrowed from Old Median 𐎳𐎼𐎺𐎼𐎫𐎡𐏁 (“Fravartiš”, literally “guardian angel”).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Φρᾰόρτης • (Phraórtēs) m (genitive Φρᾰόρτου); third declension

  1. a male given name from Old Median: Phraortes, son of Deioces and king of Media

Inflection

First declension of ὁ Φρᾰόρτης; τοῦ Φρᾰόρτου (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ὁ Φρᾰόρτης
ho Phraórtēs
Genitive τοῦ Φρᾰόρτου
toû Phraórtou
Dative τῷ Φρᾰόρτῃ
tôi Phraórtēi
Accusative τὸν Φρᾰόρτην
tòn Phraórtēn
Vocative Φρᾰόρτᾰ
Phraórta
Notes:

Descendants

  • → Latin: Phraortēs

References

  1. ^ Tavernier, Jan (2007) “1.2.17 Fravartiš (F-r-v-r-t-i-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 16

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