Τετραφέρνης

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Old Persian *Ciθrafarnāh.[1][2] Doublet of Τισσαφέρνης (Tissaphérnēs) from *Ciçafarnāh.

Proper noun

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Τετραφέρνης (Tetraphérnēsm (genitive Τετραφέρνου); first declension

  1. a male given name from Old Persian: Tetraphernes

Inflection

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Descendants

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  • Greek: Τετραφέρνης (Tetraférnis)
  • Latin: Tetraphernēs

References

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  1. ^ Hinz, Walther (1975) “*čiθrafarnah-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)‎[1] (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 74
  2. ^ Tavernier, Jan (2007) “*4.2.423. *Čiθrafarnā”, in Iranica in the Achaemenid Period (ca. 550–330 B.C.): Lexicon of Old Iranian Proper Names and Loanwords, Attested in Non-Iranian Texts, Peeters Publishers, →ISBN, page 158