Ἀχαιμενίδης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Ᾰ̓χαιμένης (Akhaiménēs, “Achaemenes”) +‎ -ῐ́δης (-ídēs). Equivalent of Old Persian 𐏃𐎧𐎠𐎶𐎴𐎡𐏁𐎡𐎹 (Haxāmanišyaʰ).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.kʰai̯.me.ní.dɛːs/ → /a.çɛ.meˈni.ðis/ → /a.çe.meˈni.ðis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.kʰai̯.me.ní.dɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.kʰɛ.meˈni.de̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.çɛ.meˈni.ðis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.çe.meˈni.ðis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.çe.meˈni.ðis/

Proper noun

Ᾰ̓χαιμενῐ́δης • (Akhaimenídēs) m (genitive Ᾰ̓χαιμενῐ́δου); first declension

1. a child of Achaemenes; an Achaemenid

Inflection

First declension of ὁ Ᾰ̓χαιμενῐ́δης; τοῦ Ᾰ̓χαιμενῐ́δου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ Ᾰ̓χαιμενῐ́δης ho Akhaimenídēs	τὼ Ᾰ̓χαιμενῐ́δᾱ tṑ Akhaimenídā	οἱ Ᾰ̓χαιμενῐ́δαι hoi Akhaimenídai
Genitive	τοῦ Ᾰ̓χαιμενῐ́δου toû Akhaimenídou	τοῖν Ᾰ̓χαιμενῐ́δαιν toîn Akhaimenídain	τῶν Ᾰ̓χαιμενῐδῶν tôn Akhaimenidôn
Dative	τῷ Ᾰ̓χαιμενῐ́δῃ tôi Akhaimenídēi	τοῖν Ᾰ̓χαιμενῐ́δαιν toîn Akhaimenídain	τοῖς Ᾰ̓χαιμενῐ́δαις toîs Akhaimenídais
Accusative	τὸν Ᾰ̓χαιμενῐ́δην tòn Akhaimenídēn	τὼ Ᾰ̓χαιμενῐ́δᾱ tṑ Akhaimenídā	τοὺς Ᾰ̓χαιμενῐ́δᾱς toùs Akhaimenídās
Vocative	Ᾰ̓χαιμενῐ́δη Akhaimenídē	Ᾰ̓χαιμενῐ́δᾱ Akhaimenídā	Ᾰ̓χαιμενῐ́δαι Akhaimenídai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Αχαιμενίδης (Achaimenídis)
• → Latin: Achaemenidēs
  • → English: Achaemenid

References

• Ἀχαιμενίδης in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 999