Ὀξυάρτης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Bactrian *Huxšaθra- (literally “Of good reign”), composed of *hu- (“good”) + *xšaθra- (“reign, kingdom”). Doublet of Ὀξυάθρης (Oxuáthrēs), which is from Old Persian.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ok.sy.ár.tɛːs/ → /ok.syˈar.tis/ → /ok.siˈar.tis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ok.sy.ár.tɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ok.syˈar.te̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ok.syˈar.tis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ok.syˈar.tis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ok.siˈar.tis/

Proper noun

Ὀξῠᾰ́ρτης • (Oxuártēs) m (genitive Ὀξῠᾰ́ρτου); third declension

1. a male given name from Old Bactrian: Oxyartes, a Bactrian nobleman and father of Roxana

Inflection

First declension of ὁ Ὀξῠᾰ́ρτης; τοῦ Ὀξῠᾰ́ρτου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ὀξῠᾰ́ρτης ho Oxuártēs
Genitive	τοῦ Ὀξῠᾰ́ρτου toû Oxuártou
Dative	τῷ Ὀξῠᾰ́ρτῃ tôi Oxuártēi
Accusative	τὸν Ὀξῠᾰ́ρτην tòn Oxuártēn
Vocative	Ὀξῠᾰ́ρτᾰ Oxuárta
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: Oxyartēs

Further reading

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