Βαγαῖος

See also: βαγαῖος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Persian *Bagaya (literally “godly”), from 𐏎 (BG, “god”).[1][2]

Pronunciation
 

Proper noun

Βᾰγαῖος • (Bagaîos) m (genitive Βᾰγαίου); second declension

  1. a male given name from Old Persian: Bagaeus, an Achaemenid nobleman

Inflection
Second declension of ὁ Βᾰγαῖος; τοῦ Βᾰγαίου (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ὁ Βᾰγαῖος
ho Bagaîos
Genitive τοῦ Βᾰγαίου
toû Bagaíou
Dative τῷ Βᾰγαίῳ
tôi Bagaíōi
Accusative τὸν Βᾰγαῖον
tòn Bagaîon
Vocative Βᾰγαῖε
Bagaîe
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants
  • → Latin: Bagaeus

References
  1. Hinz, Walther (1975) “*bagaya”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)‎ (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 61
  2. Tavernier, Jan (2007) “4.2.306. *Bagaya-”, 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 143

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