Ἀστυΐγας

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Median *R̥štivaigah (literally “swinging the spear, lance-hurler”),[1][2] modified by folk etymology (compare ἄστυ (ástu, “city”) and ἄγνυμι (ágnumi, “break”) and compound names ending in -αγης (-agēs) like Ἀστυάγης (Astuágēs)).

See also Old Armenian Աժդահակ (Aždahak, “Azhdahak; Astyages”), where the sense "Astyages" was developed by folk etymology.

Pronunciation
 

Proper noun

Ἀστῠΐγᾱς • (Astuḯgās) m (genitive Ἀστῠΐγου); second declension

  1. a male given name from Old Median: Astyages

Declension
First declension of ὁ Ἀστῠΐγᾱς; τοῦ Ἀστῠΐγου (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ὁ Ἀστῠΐγᾱς
ho Astuḯgās
Genitive τοῦ Ἀστῠΐγου
toû Astuḯgou
Dative τῷ Ἀστῠΐγᾳ
tôi Astuḯgāi
Accusative τὸν Ἀστῠΐγᾱν
tòn Astuḯgān
Vocative Ἀστῠΐγᾱ
Astuḯgā
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants
  • Greek: Αστυΐγας (Astyḯgas)
  • → Latin: Astyigas
    • → English: Astyigas

References
  1. Hinz, Walther (1975) “*rštivaiga-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)‎ (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 208
  2. Tavernier, Jan (2007) “4.2.1443. *Ṛštivaiga-”, 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 291

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