Ἐκβάτανα

Ancient Greek

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Alternative forms

• Ἀγβάτανα (Aeschylus, Herodotus)

Etymology

From Iranian Hangmatāna (“meeting place”).

Pronunciation

• (5th BC Attic): IPA: /eɡbátana/

• (1st BC Egyptian): IPA: /ɛɡbátana/

• (4th AD Koine): IPA: /eɡbátana/

• (10th AD Byzantine): IPA: /eɡvátana/

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

Proper noun

Ἐκβάτανα (genitive Ἐκβατάνων) n, second declension; (Ekbatana)

1. Ecbatana

Inflection

    Inflection

Case / #	Plural
Nominative	τὰ Ἐκβάτᾰνᾰ
Genitive	τῶν Ἐκβᾰτάνων
Dative	τοῖς Ἐκβᾰτάνοις
Accusative	τὰ Ἐκβάτᾰνᾰ
Vocative	Ἐκβάτᾰνᾰ

Descendants

• Greek: Εκβάτανα (Ekvatana)
• Latin: Ecbatana

References

• Woodhouse’s English-Greek Dictionary page 1009