Tissaphernes

Latin

Etymology

From Old Persian *Ciçafarnāh via Ancient Greek Τισσαφέρνης (Tissaphérnēs).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /tis.saˈpʰer.neːs/, [t̪ɪs̠ːäˈpʰɛrneːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /tis.saˈfer.nes/, [t̪isːäˈfɛrnes]

Proper noun

Tissaphernēs m sg (genitive Tissaphernis); third declension

1. A Persian satrap of Lydia and Caria

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Tissaphernēs
genitive	Tissaphernis
dative	Tissaphernī
accusative	Tissaphernem
ablative	Tissapherne
vocative	Tissaphernēs

References

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