Artabanus

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀρτάβανος (Artábanos), itself from Old Persian *Arta-bānu or *Artabānuš (literally “The glory of Arta”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /arˈta.ba.nus/, [ärˈt̪äbänʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /arˈta.ba.nus/, [ärˈt̪äːbänus]

Proper noun

Artabanus m sg (genitive Artabanī); second declension

1. A commander of Xerxes from Hyrcania
2. The name of various kings of Parthia

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Artabanus
genitive	Artabanī
dative	Artabanō
accusative	Artabanum
ablative	Artabanō
vocative	Artabane

References

• Artabanus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Artabanus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray