Ὀτάνης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Persian 𐎢𐎫𐎠𐎴 (u-t-a-n /⁠ʰUtānaʰ⁠/).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /o.tá.nɛːs/ → /oˈta.nis/ → /oˈta.nis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /o.tá.nɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /oˈta.ne̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /oˈta.nis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /oˈta.nis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /oˈta.nis/

Proper noun

Οτᾰ́νης • (Otánēs) m (genitive Οτᾰ́νου); third declension

1. a male given name from Old Persian: Otanes, the name of various Persian individuals

Inflection

First declension of ὁ Οτᾰ́νης; τοῦ Οτᾰ́νου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Οτᾰ́νης ho Otánēs
Genitive	τοῦ Οτᾰ́νου toû Otánou
Dative	τῷ Οτᾰ́νῃ tôi Otánēi
Accusative	τὸν Οτᾰ́νην tòn Otánēn
Vocative	Οτᾰ́νη Otánē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: Otanēs

Further reading

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