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Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀρτάβανος (Artábanos), itself from Old Persian *Arta-bānu or *Artabānuš (literally “The glory of Arta”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Artabanus m sg (genitive Artabanī); second declension
- A commander of Xerxes from Hyrcania
- The name of various kings of Parthia
Declension
Second-declension noun, singular only.
References
- Artabanus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Artabanus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray