Πιοδάσσης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pi.oˈðas.sis/ → /pi.oˈða.sis/

• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pi.oˈdas.se̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /pi.oˈðas.sis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /pi.oˈðas.sis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /pi.oˈða.sis/

Proper noun

Πιοδᾱ́σσης • (Piodā́ssēs) m (genitive Πιοδᾱ́σσου); first declension

1. Ashoka
   • Circa 258 BCE, from one of the Edicts of Ashoka on the Kandahar Bilingual Rock Inscription:

     δέκα ἐτῶν πληρη[θέντ]ων βασι[λ]εὺς
     Πιοδάσσης εὐσέβεια[ν ἔδ]ε[ι]ξεν τοῖς ἀν-
     θρώποις, καὶ ἀπὸ τούτου εὐσεβεστέρους
     τοὺς ἀνθρώπους ἐποίησεν καὶ πάντα
     εὐθηνεῖ κατὰ πᾶσαν γῆν

     déka etôn plērē[thént]ōn basi[l]eùs
     Piodássēs eusébeia[n éd]e[i]xen toîs an-
     thrṓpois, kaì apò toútou eusebestérous
     toùs anthrṓpous epoíēsen kaì pánta
     euthēneî katà pâsan gên

     Ten years [of reign] having been completed, King
     Piodasses [Ashoka] made known [the doctrine of] dharma
     to men; and from this moment he has made
     men more pious, and everything
     thrives throughout the whole world.

Inflection

First declension of ὁ Πιοδᾱ́σσης; τοῦ Πιοδᾱ́σσου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Πιοδᾱ́σσης ho Piodā́ssēs
Genitive	τοῦ Πιοδᾱ́σσου toû Piodā́ssou
Dative	τῷ Πιοδᾱ́σσῃ tôi Piodā́ssēi
Accusative	τὸν Πιοδᾱ́σσην tòn Piodā́ssēn
Vocative	Πιοδᾱ́σση Piodā́ssē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.