Χοσρόης

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Ὀσρόης (Osróēs)

Etymology

From Old Median *Husrawah (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?), with the suffix adapted to -ης (-ēs); compare Persian خسرو (xosrow) as well as Old Armenian Խոսրով (Xosrov) and Old Georgian ხოსრო (xosro) from the same or a related Iranian source, ultimately from Proto-Iranian *Hhucráwah (literally “Good Fame”) (see there for more). Distantly related to the native Greek name Εὐκλῆς (Euklês).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /xozˈro.is/ → /xozˈro.is/

• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /xozˈro.is/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /xozˈro.is/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /xozˈro.is/

Proper noun

Χοσρόης • (Khosróēs) m (genitive Χοσρόου); first declension

1. Khosrow; Chosroes
   • 550s AD, Procopius, History of the Wars 2.1.1:

     Χρόνῳ δὲ οὐ πολλῷ ὕστερον ὁ Χοσρόης μαθὼν ὡς καὶ Ἰταλίαν Βελισάριος Ἰουστινιανῷ βασιλεῖ προσποιεῖν ἤρξατο…

     Khrónōi dè ou pollôi hústeron ho Khosróēs mathṑn hōs kaì Italían Belisários Ioustinianôi basileî prospoieîn ḗrxato…

     • 1916 translation by H. B. Dewing

       Not long after this Chosroes, upon learning that Belisarius had begun to win Italy also for the Emperor Justinian…

Inflection

First declension of ὁ Χοσρόης; τοῦ Χοσρόου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Χοσρόης ho Khosróēs
Genitive	τοῦ Χοσρόου toû Khosróou
Dative	τῷ Χοσρόῃ tôi Khosróēi
Accusative	τὸν Χοσρόην tòn Khosróēn
Vocative	Χοσρόη Khosróē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: Chosroes, Cosroe, Osroes, Osdroes