Ἀχαιμένης
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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Old Persian 𐏃𐎧𐎠𐎶𐎴𐎡𐏁 (h-x-a-m-n-i-š /Haxāmaniš/).[1]
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /a.kʰai̯.mé.nɛːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /a.kʰɛˈme.ne̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /a.çɛˈme.nis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /a.çeˈme.nis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /a.çeˈme.nis/
Proper noun
Ᾰ̓χαιμένης • (Akhaiménēs) m (genitive Ᾰ̓χαιμένους); third declension
- Achaemenes, the founder of the Persian Achaemenid dynasty
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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| Nominative | ὁ Ᾰ̓χαιμένης ho Akhaiménēs | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ Ᾰ̓χαιμένους toû Akhaiménous | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ Ᾰ̓χαιμένει tôi Akhaiménei | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν Ᾰ̓χαιμένη tòn Akhaiménē | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Ᾰ̓χαίμενες Akhaímenes | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- Ᾰ̓χαιμενῐ́δης (Akhaimenídēs)
- ἀχαιμενῐ́ς (akhaimenís)
Descendants
- Greek: Αχαιμένης (Achaiménis)
- Latin: Achaemenes
References
Further reading
- Ἀχαιμένης in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 999