Ἐκβάτανα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms
  • Ᾰ̓γβᾰ́τᾰνᾰ (Agbátana) – Epic

Etymology

From Old Iranian; see Old Persian 𐏃𐎥𐎶𐎫𐎠𐎴 (Hangmatāna) for more.

Pronunciation
 

Proper noun

Ἐκβᾰ́τᾰνᾰ • (Ekbátana) n pl (genitive Ἐκβᾰτᾰ́νων); second declension

  1. Ecbatana

Inflection
Second declension of τᾰ̀ Ἐκβᾰ́τᾰνᾰ; τῶν Ἐκβᾰτᾰ́νων (Attic)
Case / # Plural
Nominative τᾰ̀ Ἐκβᾰ́τᾰνᾰ
tà Ekbátana
Genitive τῶν Ἐκβᾰτᾰ́νων
tôn Ekbatánōn
Dative τοῖς Ἐκβᾰτᾰ́νοις
toîs Ekbatánois
Accusative τᾰ̀ Ἐκβᾰ́τᾰνᾰ
tà Ekbátana
Vocative Ἐκβᾰ́τᾰνᾰ
Ekbátana
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants
  • Greek: Εκβάτανα (Ekvátana)
  • Latin: Ecbatana, Ecbatanas

References
  • Ἐκβάτανα in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2019)
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,009
  • “ECBATANA”, in Encyclopædia Iranica, online edition‎, New York, (Please provide a date or year)
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