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Εὐμένης

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology 1

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εὖ () +‎ μένος (ménos) +‎ -ης (-ēs)

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Εὐμένης (Euménēsm (genitive Εὐμένους); third declension

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Eumenes
Inflection
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Descendants
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  • Latin: Eumenēs

References

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  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[2], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,010

Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Old Persian *Haumanah.[1][2]

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Εὐμένης (Euménēsm (genitive Εὐμένους); third declension

  1. a male given name from Old Persian, equivalent to English Eumenes: Eumenes
Inflection
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Descendants
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References

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  1. ^ Hinz, Walther (1975) “*haumanah”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)‎[1] (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 120
  2. ^ Tavernier, Jan (2007) “4.2.734. *Haumanā-”, in Iranica in the Achaemenid Period (ca. 550–330 B.C.): Lexicon of Old Iranian Proper Names and Loanwords, Attested in Non-Iranian Texts, Peeters Publishers, →ISBN, page 199