Ἰάζυγες

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Possibly of Iranian origin, from Proto-Iranian *yaz- (“to sacrifice”), from *Hyájati, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hyáȷ́ati (“to sacrifice, worship”).[1] Or, related to *hižwáH (“language, tongue, people”).[2] More at Iazyges.

Pronunciation
 

Proper noun

Ἰᾱ́ζῠγες • (Iā́zuges) m (genitive Ἰᾱζῠ́γων); third declension

  1. Iazyges, an ancient Sarmatian tribe settled in modern Ukraine[3]

Inflection
Third declension of οἱ Ἰᾱ́ζῠγες; τῶν Ἰᾱζῠ́γων (Attic)
Case / # Plural
Nominative οἱ Ἰᾱ́ζῠγες
hoi Iā́zuges
Genitive τῶν Ἰᾱζῠ́γων
tôn Iāzúgōn
Dative τοῖς Ἰᾱ́ζῠξῐ / Ἰᾱ́ζῠξῐν
toîs Iā́zuxi(n)
Accusative τοὺς Ἰᾱ́ζῠγᾰς
toùs Iā́zugas
Vocative Ἰᾱ́ζῠγες
Iā́zuges
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants
  • → Latin: Iāzygēs

References
  1. Lebedynsky, Iaroslav (2014). Les Sarmates amazones et lanciers cuirassés entre Oural et Danube (VIIe siècle av. J.-C. – VIe siècle apr. J.-C.). Éd. Errance.
  2. Laurent, Peter Edmund (1830). An Introduction to the Study of Ancient Geography (2nd ed.). Henry Slatter.
  3. Geography (Ptolemy), 3.5.19.
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