Φραόρτης
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Median 𐎳𐎼𐎺𐎼𐎫𐎡𐏁 (“Fravartiš”, literally “guardian angel”).[1]
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pʰra.ór.tɛːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /pʰraˈor.te̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ɸraˈor.tis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /fraˈor.tis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /fraˈor.tis/
Proper noun
Φρᾰόρτης • (Phraórtēs) m (genitive Φρᾰόρτου); third declension
- a male given name from Old Median: Phraortes, son of Deioces and king of Media
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ Φρᾰόρτης ho Phraórtēs | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ Φρᾰόρτου toû Phraórtou | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ Φρᾰόρτῃ tôi Phraórtēi | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν Φρᾰόρτην tòn Phraórtēn | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Φρᾰόρτᾰ Phraórta | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
- → Latin: Phraortēs
References
- Tavernier, Jan (2007) “1.2.17 Fravartiš (F-r-v-r-t-i-š-)”, in Iranica in the Achaemenid Period (ca. 550–330 B.C.): Lexicon of Old Iranian Proper Names and Loanwords, Attested in Non-Iranian Texts, Peeters Publishers, →ISBN, page 16
Further reading
- Φραόρτης in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
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