Φραταφέρνης

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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From Old Median *Fratafarnā.[1]

Proper noun

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Φραταφέρνης (Phrataphérnēsm (genitive Φραταφέρνου); third declension

  1. a male given name from Old Median: Phrataphernes, a satrap of Parthia and Hyrcania

Inflection

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Descendants

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  • Greek: Φραταφέρνης (Frataférnis)
  • Latin: Phrataphernēs

References

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  1. ^ Tavernier, Jan (2007) “*fratafarnah-”, 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 98