Ῥωξάνης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Persian *Rauxšnā̆ (“the shining, light”).[1][2]

Proper noun

Ῥωξάνης • (Rhōxánēs) m (genitive Ῥωξάνους); third declension

  1. a male given name from Old Persian: Roxanes, an Achaemenid chiliarch

Inflection
Third declension of ὁ Ῥωξάνης; τοῦ Ῥωξάνους (contracted, Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ὁ Ῥωξάνης
ho Rhōxánēs
Genitive τοῦ Ῥωξάνους
toû Rhōxánous
Dative τῷ Ῥωξάνει
tôi Rhōxánei
Accusative τὸν Ῥωξάνη
tòn Rhōxánē
Vocative Ῥώξανες
Rhṓxanes
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants
  • Greek: Ρωξάνης (Roxánis)
  • → Latin: Rōxanēs

References
  1. Hinz, Walther (1975) “*rauxšnā̆”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)‎ (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 202
  2. Tavernier, Jan (2007) “4.2.1391. *Rauxšna”, 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 285

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