Σατιφέρνης

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Ancient Greek[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Old Persian *Šyātifarnāh.[1][2]

Proper noun[edit]

Σατιφέρνης (Satiphérnēsm (genitive Σατιφέρνους); third declension

  1. a male given name from Old Persian: Satiphernes
    1. friend of Cyrus the Younger killed by Artaxerxes II at the Battle of Cunaxa

Inflection[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Greek: Σατιφέρνης (Satiférnis)

Further reading[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Hinz, Walther (1975) “*šyātifarnah-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)‎[1] (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 231
  2. ^ Tavernier, Jan (2007) “4.2.1645. *Šyātifarnā-”, 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 319