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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Scythian *R̥buxšayah, from Proto-Iranian *Hr̥búš + *xšayah (“to rule”).
Proper noun
Αρπόξαϊς • (Arpóxaïs) m (genitive Αρπόξαϊος); first declension
- a male given name, Arpoxais, from Scythian, a Scythian deity
References
- ^ Mikhail Bukharin (2011) “Колаксай и его братья (античная традиция о происхождении царской власти у скифов ”, in Аристей: вестник классической филологии и античной истории (in Russian), volume 3, retrieved 13 July 2022, pages 20-80
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