Μαζάρης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Persian *Mazdara.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /maz.dá.rɛːs/ → /maˈza.ris/ → /maˈza.ris/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /maz.dá.rɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /maˈza.re̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /maˈza.ris/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /maˈza.ris/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /maˈza.ris/

Proper noun

Μᾰζᾰ́ρης • (Mazárēs) m (genitive Μᾰζᾰ́ρου); third declension

1. a male given name from Old Persian: Mazares, a Median general who defected to Cyrus the Great

Inflection

First declension of ὁ Μᾰζᾰ́ρης; τοῦ Μᾰζᾰ́ρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Μᾰζᾰ́ρης ho Mazárēs
Genitive	τοῦ Μᾰζᾰ́ρου toû Mazárou
Dative	τῷ Μᾰζᾰ́ρῃ tôi Mazárēi
Accusative	τὸν Μᾰζᾰ́ρην tòn Mazárēn
Vocative	Μᾰζᾰ́ρη Mazárē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: Mazarēs

Further reading

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