Ἀστυάγης
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Modified by folk etymology (compare ἄστυ (ástu, “city”) and ἄγνυμι (ágnumi, “break”) and the compounds in -αγης (-agēs)) from Ἀστυίγας (Astuígas), Ἀστυιγᾶς (Astuigâs), from Old Iranian. Akin to Akkadian 𒅖𒌅𒈨𒄖 (Iš-tu-me-gu) and possibly Elamite 𒅕𒅖𒋾𒌋𒌋𒅗 (Ir-iš-ti-man-ka), 𒅖𒋾𒌋𒌋𒅗 (Iš-ti-man-ka).
See also Old Armenian Աժդահակ (Aždahak, “Azhdahak; Astyages”), where the sense "Astyages" was developed by folk etymology.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /as.ty.á.ɡɛːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /as.tyˈa.ɡe̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /as.tyˈa.ʝis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /as.tyˈa.ʝis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /as.tiˈa.ʝis/
Proper noun
Ἀστῠάγης • (Astuágēs) m (genitive Ἀστῠάγους); third declension
- a male given name from Old Persian: Astyages
Inflection
Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ Ἀστυάγης ho Astuágēs | ||||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ Ἀστυάγους toû Astuágous | ||||||||||||
Dative | τῷ Ἀστυάγει tôi Astuágei | ||||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν Ἀστυάγη tòn Astuágē | ||||||||||||
Vocative | Ἀστύαγες Astúages | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
Further reading
- Ἀστυάγης in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,003
- Rüdiger Schmitt, "Astyages", Encyclopaedia Iranica, 15 December 1987
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