Ὀστάνης
Appearance
Ancient Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Old Median *ʰUštāna (literally “With a good status/rank”).[1][2]
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /os.tá.nɛːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /osˈta.ne̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /osˈta.nis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /osˈta.nis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /osˈta.nis/
Proper noun
[edit]Οστᾰ́νης • (Ostánēs) m (genitive Οστᾰ́νου); third declension
- a male given name from Old Median: Ostanes, a Persian ruler
Inflection
[edit]Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ Οστᾰ́νης ho Ostánēs | ||||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ Οστᾰ́νου toû Ostánou | ||||||||||||
Dative | τῷ Οστᾰ́νῃ tôi Ostánēi | ||||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν Οστᾰ́νην tòn Ostánēn | ||||||||||||
Vocative | Οστᾰ́νη Ostánē | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
[edit]- → Latin: Ostanēs
Further reading
[edit]- Ὀστάνης in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Justi, Ferdinand (1895) “Austanes”, in Iranisches Namenbuch[2] (in German), Marburg: N. G. Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 52b
- ^ Morton Smith, "OSTANES" in Encyclopædia Iranica, July 20, 2002
- ^ Hinz, Walther (1975) “*hustāna-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)[1] (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 128
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