Σαιταφάρνης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Scythian *Saitafārnā from an earlier *Xšaitafarna (literally “[possessing of] a bright/regal farnah”),^[1] composed of *xšaita (“brilliant”) + *fārnā (“glory, splendour”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /sai̯.ta.pʰár.nɛːs/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /sɛ.taˈpʰar.ne̝s/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /sɛ.taˈɸar.nis/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /se.taˈfar.nis/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /se.taˈfar.nis/

Proper noun

Σαιταφάρνης • (Saitaphárnēs) m (genitive Σαιταφάρνου); second declension

a male given name from Scythian: Saitapharnes or Saetapharnes,^[2] the name of a Sarmatian or Scythian king

Inflection

First declension of ὁ Σαιταφάρνης; τοῦ Σαιταφάρνου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Σαιταφάρνης ho Saitaphárnēs
Genitive	τοῦ Σαιταφάρνου toû Saitaphárnou
Dative	τῷ Σαιταφάρνῃ tôi Saitaphárnēi
Accusative	τὸν Σαιταφάρνην tòn Saitaphárnēn
Vocative	Σαιταφάρνη Saitaphárnē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

→ Latin: Saitapharnes, Saetapharnes

References

^ Kullanda, Sergey Vsevolodovich, External relations of Scythian, p. 1.
^ Prichard, James Cowles (1857) “The Keltic Nations of Antiquity”, in Latham, Robert Gordon, editor, The Eastern Origin of the Celtic Nations Proved by a Comparison of Their Dialects with the Sanskrit, Greek, Latin, and Teutonic Languages: Forming a Supplement to Researches into the Physical History of Mankind‎^[1], 65 Paternoster Row, London, Castle Street, Leicester Square, London: Houlston and Wright; Bernard Quaritch, Kelts of the Lower Danube—Bastarnæ—Galatæ, page 96:
At the same time a certain king named Sætapharnes ruled over that region, whose forbearance the Olbiopolitæ purchased by embassies and presents; and were compelled to humble themselves before him when he appeared with his army on the opposite bank of the river, in order to receive the tribute, which in the decree is called a gift. The river is, beyond all question, the Borysthenes, and not the Hypanis; and the very name of Sætapharnes makes it certain that he was a Getan, whose kingdom was to the east of the Dnieper, being the successor of the Aripharnes already mentioned.