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Latin
Etymology
From Old Persian *Ciçafarnāh via Ancient Greek Τισσαφέρνης (Tissaphérnēs).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Tissaphernēs m sg (genitive Tissaphernis); third declension
- A Persian satrap of Lydia and Caria
Declension
Third-declension noun, singular only.
References
- Tissaphernes in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Tissaphernes”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray