Ἀχαιμένης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Old Persian 𐏃𐎧𐎠𐎶𐎴𐎡𐏁 (h-x-a-m-n-i-š /⁠Haxāmaniš⁠/, literally “having a friend's mind or characterized by a follower's spirit”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.kʰai̯.mé.nɛːs/ → /a.çɛˈme.nis/ → /a.çeˈme.nis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.kʰai̯.mé.nɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.kʰɛˈme.ne̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.çɛˈme.nis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.çeˈme.nis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.çeˈme.nis/

Proper noun

Ᾰ̓χαιμένης • (Akhaiménēs) m (genitive Ᾰ̓χαιμένους); third declension

1. Achaemenes, the founder of the Persian Achaemenid dynasty

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Ᾰ̓χαιμένης; τοῦ Ᾰ̓χαιμένους (contracted, Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ᾰ̓χαιμένης ho Akhaiménēs
Genitive	τοῦ Ᾰ̓χαιμένους toû Akhaiménous
Dative	τῷ Ᾰ̓χαιμένει tôi Akhaiménei
Accusative	τὸν Ᾰ̓χαιμένη tòn Akhaiménē
Vocative	Ᾰ̓χαίμενες Akhaímenes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Ᾰ̓χαιμενῐ́δης (Akhaimenídēs)

Descendants

• Greek: Αχαιμένης (Achaiménis)
• Latin: Achaemenes

References

• Ἀχαιμένης 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 999