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Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Φραόρτης (Phraórtēs), itself from Old Persian 𐎳𐎼𐎺𐎼𐎫𐎡𐏁 (f-r-v-r-t-i-š, “Fravartiš”, literally “guardian angel”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Phraortēs m sg (genitive Phraortis); third declension
- A king of Media
Declension
Third-declension noun, singular only.
References
- “Phraortes”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray