Pharnaspes

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Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Φαρνάσπης (Pharnáspēs), itself from Old Median *Farnāspa.

Pronunciation[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Pharnaspēs m sg (genitive Pharnaspis); third declension

  1. A Persian, father of Cassandane

Declension[edit]

Third-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Pharnaspēs
Genitive Pharnaspis
Dative Pharnaspī
Accusative Pharnaspem
Ablative Pharnaspe
Vocative Pharnaspēs

References[edit]

  • Pharnaspes”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray