Μαρδόνιος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Old Persian 𐎶𐎼𐎯𐎢𐎴𐎡𐎹 (m-r-du-u-n-i-y /⁠Mạrduniya-⁠/, “Mardonius”, literally “the mild one”), from *mṛdu-na- + *-iya- (adjectival suffix). mṛdu-na itself is in turn derived from *mṛdu- (“soft”) + *-na- (nominal suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /mar.dó.ni.os/ → /marˈðo.ni.os/ → /marˈðo.ni.os/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /mar.dó.ni.os/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /marˈdo.ni.os/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /marˈðo.ni.os/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /marˈðo.ni.os/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /marˈðo.ni.os/

Proper noun

Μαρδόνιος • (Mardónios) m (genitive Μαρδονίου); second declension

1. Mardonius

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Μαρδόνιος; τοῦ Μαρδονίου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Μαρδόνιος ho Mardónios
Genitive	τοῦ Μαρδονίου toû Mardoníou
Dative	τῷ Μαρδονίῳ tôi Mardoníōi
Accusative	τὸν Μαρδόνιον tòn Mardónion
Vocative	Μαρδόνιε Mardónie
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Μαρδόνιος (Mardónios)
• Latin: Mardonius

References

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,016