Ἀστυάναξ
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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἄστυ (ástu, “city”) + ἄναξ (ánax, “king”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /as.ty.á.naks/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /as.tyˈa.naks/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /as.tyˈa.naks/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /as.tyˈa.naks/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /as.tiˈa.naks/
Proper noun
Ἀστῠάναξ • (Astuánax) m (genitive Ἀστῠάνακτος); third declension
- a male given name, equivalent to English Astyanax
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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| Nominative | ὁ Ἀστυάναξ ho Astuánax | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ Ἀστυάνακτος toû Astuánaktos | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ Ἀστυάνακτῐ tôi Astuánakti | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν Ἀστυάνακτᾰ tòn Astuánakta | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Ἀστυάναξ Astuánax | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: Αστυάναξ (Astyánax), Αστυάνακτας (Astyánaktas)
- → Latin: Astyanax
Further reading
- “Ἀστυάναξ”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- Ἀστυάναξ in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,003