Ἀρτάοζος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Persian *R̥tavazdāh (possessing endurance through Arta).[1][2][3][4]

Proper noun

Ἀρτάοζος • (Artáozos) m (genitive Ἀρτάοζου); second declension

  1. a male given name from Old Persian: Artaozus
    1. a leader of the infantry under Cyrus the Younger
    2. a friend of Cyrus the Younger

Inflection

Descendants

  • Greek: Ἀρτάοζος (Artáozos)
  • Latin: Artaozus

Further reading

References

  1. Rüdiger Schmitt, “Medisches und persisches Sprachgut bei Herodot,” ZDMG 117, 1967, p. 128
  2. Hinz, Walther (1975) “*rtavazdah-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3) (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 217
  3. Rüdiger Schmitt, "ARTAVASDES" in Encyclopædia Iranica, December 15, 1986
  4. Tavernier, Jan (2007) 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 297
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