ἀζῆται
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Ancient Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Persian *āzāta (“free”), from Proto-Iranian *āzāta. Compare Persian آزاد (“free, independent”). The -ῆ- is probably Ionic.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /aˈze̝.tɛ/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /aˈzi.tɛ/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /aˈzi.te/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /aˈzi.te/
Noun
[edit]ἀζῆται • (azêtai)
- Hesychius gives the definition as: οἱ ἐγγύτατοι τοῦ βασιλέως (hoi engútatoi toû basiléōs, literally “the nearest to the king”).
Further reading
[edit]- “ἀζῆται”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἀζῆται in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- Hesychius' Lexicon: α