Οἰβάρης

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Ὠβαρις (Ōbaris)

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Persian *Vahubarah, from *vahuš (“good”) +‎ *barah (“bearer”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /oi̯.bá.rɛːs/ → /yˈβa.ris/ → /iˈva.ris/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /oi̯.bá.rɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /yˈba.re̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /yˈβa.ris/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /yˈva.ris/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /iˈva.ris/

Proper noun

Οἰβᾰ́ρης • (Oibárēs) m (genitive Οἰβᾰ́ρου); third declension

1. a male given name from Old Persian: Oebares, a Persian officer of Cyrus the Great

Inflection

First declension of ὁ Οἰβᾰ́ρης; τοῦ Οἰβᾰ́ρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Οἰβᾰ́ρης ho Oibárēs
Genitive	τοῦ Οἰβᾰ́ρου toû Oibárou
Dative	τῷ Οἰβᾰ́ρῃ tôi Oibárēi
Accusative	τὸν Οἰβᾰ́ρην tòn Oibárēn
Vocative	Οἰβᾰ́ρη Oibárē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Οἰβάρης (Oibárēs)
• → Latin: Oebarēs

References

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