- Άχαιμένης
- Άχαιμένης, -εος, -ουςGrammatical information: m.Meaning: Achaimenes, ancestor of the Persian royal house (Hdt.)Compounds: Persian.Derivatives: Άχαιμενίδαι pl. descendents of A., Persian clan, from which came the Persian kings (Hdt.); Άχαιμένιος `Persian' (A. Pl.); Άχαιμενία a part of Persia (St. Byz.); Άχαιμενῖτις f. surname of Babylon (Epiphan.), s. Redard Les noms grecs en -της 188. - ἀχαιμενίς, -ίδος f. a plant (Ps.-Dsk.); s. Strömberg, Pflanzennamen 134ff.; André, Lex. s.v. achaemenis.Etymology: OPers. Haxāmaniš. - Gr. -αι- in Άχαι-μένης for -ā- in Haxā-maniš probably after Ταλαι-μένης, Πυλαι-μένης etc. (Schwyzer 448). Jacobsohn KZ 54, 261f. explains -αι- from the stem haxāi- = Skt. sakhāy-, which is cognate with Lat. soci-us; cf. Kretschmer Glotta 18, 226. - The Persian words prob. means `having the mind (-man-) of a friend'.Page in Frisk: 1,198
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.