Σοσθάνης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Persian.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /sos.tʰá.nɛːs/ → /sosˈθa.nis/ → /sosˈθa.nis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /sos.tʰá.nɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /sosˈtʰa.ne̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /sosˈθa.nis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /sosˈθa.nis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /sosˈθa.nis/

Proper noun

Σοσθᾰ́νης • (Sosthánēs) m (genitive Σοσθᾰ́νου); third declension

1. a male given name from Old Persian: Sosthanes, a Persian commander

Inflection

First declension of ὁ Σοσθᾰ́νης; τοῦ Σοσθᾰ́νου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Σοσθᾰ́νης ho Sosthánēs
Genitive	τοῦ Σοσθᾰ́νου toû Sosthánou
Dative	τῷ Σοσθᾰ́νῃ tôi Sosthánēi
Accusative	τὸν Σοσθᾰ́νην tòn Sosthánēn
Vocative	Σοσθᾰ́νη Sosthánē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: Sosthanēs

Further reading

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