Ῥαδαμασις

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Ancient Greek[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Sarmatian Scythian *Ratama, from an older Scythian *fratama (noble),[1] or from a Scythian cognate of Old Persian *Rādamaiθa.[2][3]

Proper noun[edit]

Ῥαδαμασις (Rhadamasism (genitive Ῥαδαμασιου); second declension

  1. a male given name from Scythian: Rhadamasis

Descendants[edit]

  • Greek: Ῥαδαμασις (Rhadamasis)
  • Latin: Rhadamasis

References[edit]

  1. ^ Rüdiger Schmitt (ed.), Compendium Linguarum Iranicarum, 417–444. Wiesbaden: Reichert, 1989, p. 241
  2. ^ Hinz, Walther (1975) “*rādamaiθa-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)‎[1] (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 195
  3. ^ Tavernier, Jan (2007) “4.2.1323. *Rādamēθa-”, 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 277