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Φραόρτης

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Old Median 𐎳𐎼𐎺𐎼𐎫𐎡𐏁 (Fravartiš, literally guardian angel).[1]

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Φρᾰόρτης (Phraórtēsm (genitive Φρᾰόρτου); third declension

  1. a male given name from Old Median: Phraortes, son of Deioces and king of Media

Inflection

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Descendants

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  • Latin: Phraortēs

References

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  1. ^ Tavernier, Jan (2007) “1.2.17 Fravartiš (F-r-v-r-t-i-š-)”, 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 16

Further reading

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