Ἰδάνθυρσος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Scythian *Hiθāmθrauša (literally “prospering the ally”). Final part possibly modified into -θυρσος (thyrsus, the composite vegetal wand of Bacchus), in Greek because the ancient Greeks associated Scythian peoples with Bacchic rites.

Compare with Ancient Greek Ἀγάθυρσοι (Agáthursoi), from Proto-Scythian *Haxāθrauša (literally “prospering the friend/socius”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /i.dán.tʰyr.sos/ → /iˈðan.θyr.sos/ → /iˈðan.θir.sos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /i.dán.tʰyr.sos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /iˈdan.tʰyr.sos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /iˈðan.θyr.sos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /iˈðan.θyr.sos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /iˈðan.θir.sos/

Proper noun

Ἰδᾰ́νθῠρσος • (Idánthursos) m (genitive Ἰδᾰνθῠ́ρσου); second declension

1. a male given name from Scythian: Idanthyrsus, the name of two Scythian kings

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Ἰδᾰ́νθῠρσος; τοῦ Ἰδᾰνθῠ́ρσου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ἰδᾰ́νθῠρσος ho Idánthursos
Genitive	τοῦ Ἰδᾰνθῠ́ρσου toû Idanthúrsou
Dative	τῷ Ἰδᾰνθῠ́ρσῳ tôi Idanthúrsōi
Accusative	τὸν Ἰδᾰ́νθῠρσον tòn Idánthurson
Vocative	Ἰδᾰ́νθῠρσε Idánthurse
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: Idanthyrsus

Further reading

• Ἰδάνθυρσος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette