Δαταφέρνης

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Ancient Greek[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Old Persian *Dātafarnāh.[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

 

Proper noun[edit]

Δᾰτᾰφέρνης (Dataphérnēsm (genitive Δᾰτᾰφέρνου); third declension

  1. a male given name from Old Persian: Dataphernes, a Persian killed by Alexander the Great

Inflection[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Latin: Dataphernēs

Further reading[edit]

  1. ^ Tavernier, Jan (2007) 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 169