Ῥωσάκης

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Ancient Greek[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Proper noun[edit]

Ῥωσάκης (Rhōsákēsm (genitive Ῥωσάκου); first declension

  1. a male given name from Old Persian: Rhosaces
    1. satrap of Ionia and Lydia, brother of Spithridates and general of the Achaemenid army at Pelusium

Inflection[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Latin: Rhōsacēs

References[edit]

  1. ^ Hinz, Walther (1975) “*raučaka-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)‎[1] (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 202
  2. ^ Tavernier, Jan (2007) “4.2.1381. *Raučaka-”, 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 284

Further reading[edit]

  • Justi, Ferdinand (1895) “Ῥωσάκης”, in Iranisches Namenbuch[2] (in German), Marburg: N. G. Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 262a