Ἀρπόξαϊς

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Scythian *R̥buxšayah, from Proto-Iranian *Hr̥búš +‎ *xšayah (to rule).

Proper noun

Αρπόξαϊς (Arpóxaïsm (genitive Αρπόξαϊος); first declension

  1. a male given name, Arpoxais, from Scythian, a Scythian deity

References

  1. ^ 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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