Ἀράξης

Ancient Greek

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Etymology

Borrowed at the end of the 5th century BC from Median *Araxs(ā), from Iranian *Raxsā- (“swift-flowing”). See Old Armenian Երասխ (Erasx) for more.

Pronunciation

• (5th BC Attic): IPA: /arákʰsɛ͜ɛs/

• (1st BC Egyptian): IPA: /arákʰseːs/

• (4th AD Koine): IPA: /aráxsis/

• (10th AD Byzantine): IPA: /aráksis/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan): IPA: /aɾáksis/

Proper noun

Ἀράξης (genitive Ἀράξου) m, first declension; (Araksēs)

1. Araxes; Araks, a river in the Caucasus

Inflection

    Inflection

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ἀράξης
Genitive	τοῦ Ἀράξου
Dative	τῷ Ἀράξῃ
Accusative	τὸν Ἀράξην
Vocative	Ἀράξη

Descendants

• Armenian: Արաքս (Arakʿs)
• Greek: Αράξης
• Latin: Araxes
• Russian: Аракс

References

• Woodhouse’s English-Greek Dictionary page 1002
• Анаит Периханян (1993), Материалы к этимологическому словарю древнеармянского языка (Ереван: Издадельство НАН РА), on page 12