Ἀράξης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed at the end of the 5th century BC from Old Median *Araxs(ā). See Old Armenian Երասխ (Erasx) for more.

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Ἀράξης • (Aráxēs) m (genitive Ἀράξου); first declension

  1. Araxes; Araks, a river in the Caucasus

Inflection

Descendants

  • Armenian: Արաքս (Arakʻs)
  • Georgian: არაქსი (araksi)
  • Greek: Αράξης (Aráxis)
  • Latin: Araxes
  • Russian: Аракс (Araks)

References

  • Ἀράξης in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,002
  • Perixanjan, A. G. (1993) Материалы к этимологическому словарю древнеармянского языка. Часть I [Materials for the Etymological Dictionary of the Old Armenian Language. Part 1] (in Russian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 12
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