Βόρασπος

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Ancient Greek[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Scythian *Baurāspa (having brown horses).[1][2][3]

Proper noun[edit]

Βόρασπος (Bórasposm (genitive Βόρασπου); third declension

  1. a male given name from Scythian: Boraspus

Inflection[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Greek: Βόρασπος (Vóraspos)
  • Latin: Boraspus

References[edit]

  1. ^ János Harmatta, Studies in the Language of the Iranian Tribes in South Russia, Acta Orientalia Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae, Vol. 1, No. 2/3 (1951), pp. 297
  2. ^ János Harmatta, Studies in the History and Language of the Sarmatians, 1970, p. 86
  3. ^ Hinz, Walther (1975) “*baurāspa-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)‎[1] (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 66