Ἀρταξέρξης

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Ἀρτοξέρξης (Artoxérxēs)
Ἀρταξέσσης (Artaxéssēs) – Caria
Ἀρταξίας (Artaxías)

Etymology

From earlier Ἀρταξέσσης (Artaxéssēs), assimilated to the name Ξέρξης (Xérxēs), borrowed from Old Persian 𐎠𐎼𐎫𐎧𐏁𐏂𐎠 (Artaxšaçā, literally “whose reign is through truth”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ar.tak.sérk.sɛːs/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ar.takˈsɛrk.ses/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ar.takˈserk.sis/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ar.takˈserk.sis/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ar.takˈserk.sis/

Proper noun

Ἀρταξέρξης • (Artaxérxēs) m (genitive Ἀρταξέρξου); first declension

Artaxerxes

Inflection

First declension of ὁ Ἀρταξέρξης; τοῦ Ἀρταξέρξου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ἀρταξέρξης ho Artaxérxēs
Genitive	τοῦ Ἀρταξέρξου toû Artaxérxou
Dative	τῷ Ἀρταξέρξῃ tôi Artaxérxēi
Accusative	τὸν Ἀρταξέρξην tòn Artaxérxēn
Vocative	Ἀρταξέρξη Artaxérxē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

Greek: Αρταξέρξης (Artaxérxis)
Latin: Artaxerxēs