Ὑμαίς
Ancient Greek
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- Ὑμέης (Huméēs)
Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Old Persian *Humāyah.[1][2]
Pronunciation
[edit]- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /(h)yˈmɛs/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /yˈmɛs/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /yˈmes/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /iˈmes/
Proper noun
[edit]Ὑμαίς • (Humaís) m (genitive Ὑμαίου); third declension
- a male given name from Old Persian: Hymaes, son-in-law of king Darius
Descendants
[edit]- → Latin: Hymaes
References
[edit]- ^ Hinz, Walther (1975) “*humāya-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)[1] (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 125
- ^ Tavernier, Jan (2007) “4.2.802. *Humāya-”, 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 207
Further reading
[edit]- Ὑμαίς in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
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