Sisamnes

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Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Σισάμνης (Sisámnēs), itself from Old Persian *Čiçamanah- (literally of brilliant mind).

Pronunciation[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Sisamnēs m sg (genitive Sisamnis); third declension

  1. A Parthian man mentioned by Herodotus

Declension[edit]

Third-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Sisamnēs
Genitive Sisamnis
Dative Sisamnī
Accusative Sisamnem
Ablative Sisamne
Vocative Sisamnēs

References[edit]

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