Φαρνάσπης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Median *Farnāspa (literally “blissful horse”),[1][2] from *farnah- (“glory, splendour”) + *aspa- (“horse”).

Pronunciation
 

Proper noun

Φᾰρνᾰ́σπης • (Pharnáspēs) m (genitive Φᾰρνᾰ́σπου); third declension

  1. a male given name from Old Median: Pharnaspes, father of Cassandane and father-in-law of Cyrus the Great

Inflection
First declension of ὁ Φᾰρνᾰ́σπης; τοῦ Φᾰρνᾰ́σπου (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ὁ Φᾰρνᾰ́σπης
ho Pharnáspēs
Genitive τοῦ Φᾰρνᾰ́σπου
toû Pharnáspou
Dative τῷ Φᾰρνᾰ́σπῃ
tôi Pharnáspēi
Accusative τὸν Φᾰρνᾰ́σπην
tòn Pharnáspēn
Vocative Φᾰρνᾰ́σπη
Pharnáspē
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants
  • → Latin: Pharnaspēs

Further reading
  1. Hinz, Walther (1975) Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)‎ (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 95
  2. Rüdiger Schmitt, “Medisches und persisches Sprachgut bei Herodot,” ZDMG 117, 1967, p. 136
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