Ἀστυάγης

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Ἀστυΐγας (Astuḯgas)

Etymology

From Old Median *R̥štivaigah (literally “swinging the spear, lance-hurler”), modified by folk etymology (compare ἄστυ (ástu, “city”) and ἄγνυμι (ágnumi, “break”) and compound names ending in -αγης (-agēs)).

See also Old Armenian Աժդահակ (Aždahak, “Azhdahak; Astyages”), where the sense "Astyages" was developed by folk etymology.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /as.ty.á.ɡɛːs/ → /as.tyˈa.ʝis/ → /as.tiˈa.ʝis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /as.ty.á.ɡɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /as.tyˈa.ɡe̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /as.tyˈa.ʝis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /as.tyˈa.ʝis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /as.tiˈa.ʝis/

Proper noun

Ἀστῠάγης • (Astuágēs) m (genitive Ἀστῠάγους); third declension

1. a male given name from Old Median: Astyages

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Ἀστυάγης; τοῦ Ἀστυάγους (contracted, Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ἀστυάγης ho Astuágēs
Genitive	τοῦ Ἀστυάγους toû Astuágous
Dative	τῷ Ἀστυάγει tôi Astuágei
Accusative	τὸν Ἀστυάγη tòn Astuágē
Vocative	Ἀστύαγες Astúages
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Αστυάγης (Astyágis)
• → Latin: Astyagēs
  • → English: Astyages

Further reading

• Ἀστυάγης in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[2], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,003
• Rüdiger Schmitt, "Astyages", Encyclopaedia Iranica, 15 December 1987