Μενοστάνης

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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

Proper noun

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Μενοστάνης (Menostánēsm (genitive Μενοστάνους or Μενοστάνου); third declension

  1. a male given name from Old Persian: Menostanes a Persian prince

Inflection

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As a third-declension noun:

As a second-declension noun:

Descendants

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  • Greek: Μενοστάνης (Menostánis)
  • Latin: Menostanēs

References

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  1. ^ Hinz, Walther (1975) “*manuštana-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)‎[1] (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 159
  2. ^ Tavernier, Jan (2007) “4.2.1044. *Manuštana-”, 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 239