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Σμερδομένης

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Old Persian *B⁠r̥dimanah (from ⁠br̥diš (high) +‎ 𐎶𐎴𐏃 (manaʰ, mind); cognate with Old Median *B⁠r̥zimanah), or *B⁠r̥dimaniš (from ⁠br̥diš (high) +‎ *maniš (thought, mind)); compare with Sanskrit मनस् बृहत् (mánas- br̥hát-) and बृहत्मनस् (Bṛhát-manas-).[1][2]

Proper noun

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Σμερδομένης (Smerdoménēsm (genitive Σμερδομένους); third declension[3]

  1. a male given name from Old Persian: Smerdomenes

Inflection

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Descendants

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  • Greek: Σμερδομένης (Smerdoménis)

References

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  1. ^ Hinz, Walther (1975) “*brδimanah-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)‎[1] (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 67
  2. ^
    2011, Rüdiger Schmitt, Iranische Personennamen in de Griechischen Literatur vor Alexander d. Gr. [Iranian Personal Names in Greek Literature before Alexander the Great] (Iranisches Personennamenbuch), volume 5A, pages 336-337:
  3. ^ Justi, Ferdinand (1895) “Σμερδομένης”, in Iranisches Namenbuch[2] (in German), Marburg: N. G. Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 305a