Ἀστυάναξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἄστυ (ástu, “city”) +‎ ἄναξ (ánax, “king”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /as.ty.á.naks/ → /as.tyˈa.naks/ → /as.tiˈa.naks/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /as.ty.á.naks/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /as.tyˈa.naks/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /as.tyˈa.naks/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /as.tyˈa.naks/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /as.tiˈa.naks/

Proper noun

Ἀστῠάναξ • (Astŭánax) m (genitive Ἀστῠάνακτος); third declension

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Astyanax

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Ἀστυάναξ; τοῦ Ἀστυάνακτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ἀστυάναξ ho Astuánax
Genitive	τοῦ Ἀστυάνακτος toû Astuánaktos
Dative	τῷ Ἀστυάνακτῐ tôi Astuánaktĭ
Accusative	τὸν Ἀστυάνακτᾰ tòn Astuánaktă
Vocative	Ἀστυάναξ Astuánax
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Αστυάναξ (Astyánax), Αστυάνακτας (Astyánaktas)
• → Latin: Astyanax

Further reading

• “Ἀστυάναξ”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• Ἀστυάναξ in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,003