Ἀστυάγης

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Median *R̥štivaigah (literally “swinging the spear, lance-hurler”),[1][2] modified by folk etymology (compare ἄστυ (ástu, “city”) and ἄγνυμι (ágnumi, “break”) and compound names ending in -αγης (-agēs)).

See also Old Armenian Աժդահակ (Aždahak, “Azhdahak; Astyages”), where the sense "Astyages" was developed by folk etymology.

Pronunciation
 

Proper noun

Ἀστῠάγης • (Astuágēs) m (genitive Ἀστῠάγους); third declension

  1. a male given name from Old Median: Astyages

Inflection
Third declension of ὁ Ἀστυάγης; τοῦ Ἀστυάγους (contracted, Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ὁ Ἀστυάγης
ho Astuágēs
Genitive τοῦ Ἀστυάγους
toû Astuágous
Dative τῷ Ἀστυάγει
tôi Astuágei
Accusative τὸν Ἀστυάγη
tòn Astuágē
Vocative Ἀστύαγες
Astúages
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants
  • Greek: Αστυάγης (Astyágis)
  • → Latin: Astyagēs

References
  1. Hinz, Walther (1975) “*rštivaiga-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)‎ (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 208
  2. Tavernier, Jan (2007) “4.2.1443. *Ṛštivaiga-”, 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 291

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