Ἀχαιμενίδης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Ᾰ̓χαιμένης (Ăkhaiménēs, “Achaemenes”) +‎ -ῐ́δης (-ĭ́dēs). Equivalent of Old Persian 𐏃𐎧𐎠𐎶𐎴𐎡𐏁𐎡𐎹 (Haxāmanišyaʰ).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.kʰai̯.me.ní.dɛːs/ → /a.çɛ.meˈni.ðis/ → /a.çe.meˈni.ðis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.kʰai̯.me.ní.dɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.kʰɛ.meˈni.de̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.çɛ.meˈni.ðis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.çe.meˈni.ðis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.çe.meˈni.ðis/

Proper noun

Ᾰ̓χαιμενῐ́δης • (Ăkhaimenĭ́dēs) m (genitive Ᾰ̓χαιμενῐ́δου); first declension

1. a child of Achaemenes; an Achaemenid

Inflection

First declension of ὁ Ᾰ̓χαιμενῐ́δης; τοῦ Ᾰ̓χαιμενῐ́δου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ Ᾰ̓χαιμενῐ́δης ho Ăkhaimenĭ́dēs	τὼ Ᾰ̓χαιμενῐ́δᾱ tṑ Ăkhaimenĭ́dā	οἱ Ᾰ̓χαιμενῐ́δαι hoi Ăkhaimenĭ́dai
Genitive	τοῦ Ᾰ̓χαιμενῐ́δου toû Ăkhaimenĭ́dou	τοῖν Ᾰ̓χαιμενῐ́δαιν toîn Ăkhaimenĭ́dain	τῶν Ᾰ̓χαιμενῐδῶν tôn Ăkhaimenĭdôn
Dative	τῷ Ᾰ̓χαιμενῐ́δῃ tôi Ăkhaimenĭ́dēi	τοῖν Ᾰ̓χαιμενῐ́δαιν toîn Ăkhaimenĭ́dain	τοῖς Ᾰ̓χαιμενῐ́δαις toîs Ăkhaimenĭ́dais
Accusative	τὸν Ᾰ̓χαιμενῐ́δην tòn Ăkhaimenĭ́dēn	τὼ Ᾰ̓χαιμενῐ́δᾱ tṑ Ăkhaimenĭ́dā	τοὺς Ᾰ̓χαιμενῐ́δᾱς toùs Ăkhaimenĭ́dās
Vocative	Ᾰ̓χαιμενῐ́δη Ăkhaimenĭ́dē	Ᾰ̓χαιμενῐ́δᾱ Ăkhaimenĭ́dā	Ᾰ̓χαιμενῐ́δαι Ăkhaimenĭ́dai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Αχαιμενίδης (Achaimenídis)
• → Latin: Achaemenidēs
  • → English: Achaemenid

References

• Ἀχαιμενίδης 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 999