Hellenistic rulers: conceivable epithets

[ziegenpeter]

Wow, great work Maion!
What about "the EB-Fanboy"?

...just kidding.

[Maion Maroneios]

Wow, great work Maion!

Thank you!

What about "the EB-Fanboy"?

...just kidding.

Maion

[Βελισάριος]

My friend, you are a treat! This is quite productive.

One more thing. If Aaptos is in feminine Aapte, then Hypoleptos would be Hypolepte, and Aphobos- Aphobe, yes? But what about Periphronetes and Thalassokrates?

Oh, and slightly off-topic, playing around with a few words I made up an "epithet" for a Getai ruler (by the way, how would you say "of the Getai" in Greek?). By using a word that is supposedly of Getic origin, I called him Heros per Belauros (which would mean Heros, son of the Dragon).

[Maion Maroneios]

My friend, you are a treat! This is quite productive.

Thanks! It would be good if someone could make a list of it as well

One more thing. If Aaptos is in feminine Aapte, then Hypoleptos would be Hypolepte, and Aphobos- Aphobe, yes? But what about Periphronetes and Thalassokrates?

Correct. The feminine form of the two epithets you mentioned would be Periphronesa and Thalassokrateisa respectively.

Oh, and slightly off-topic, playing around with a few words I made up an "epithet" for a Getai ruler (by the way, how would you say "of the Getai" in Greek?). By using a word that is supposedly of Getic origin, I called him Heros per Belauros (which would mean Heros, son of the Dragon).

"Of the Getai" would be Getikos in Greek. And cool name you 'invented'

Maion

[Centurio Nixalsverdrus]

Wow, this thread is worth its Bytes in Gold I'd say... for little Hellenistic fanboys like us

Could you do some more, please?
the Uniter
the Weak
the Crippled
the Lame
Ironfist (in the sense of "he who vanquishes his foes and never bows to anybody and forces his law on everybody, you know...)

[Yyrkoon]

Bad A$$ Motha F***as!

[Maion Maroneios]

Wow, this thread is worth its Bytes in Gold I'd say... for little Hellenistic fanboys like us

Could you do some more, please?
the Uniter - Henopoios (ΕΝΟΠΟΙΟΣ)
the Weak - Adynamos (ΑΔΥΝΑΜΟΣ)
the Crippled - Apoplektos (ΑΠΟΠΛΗΚΤΟΣ)
the Lame - Anaperos (ΑΝΑΠΗΡΟΣ)
Ironfist - Well, this one is tricky. Keravnos had given an answer for that, saying it would be something like 'Ho echon sideran pygmen' (Ο ΕΧΩΝ ΣΙΔΗΡΑΝ ΠΥΓΜΗΝ) or 'he who has an iron fist' in Greek. Sideropygmaios (ΣΙΔΗΡΟΠΥΓΜΑΙΟΣ), which sounds a lot like it, isn't the same, since 'pygmaios' means 'pigmy'.

Here. Note that last part.

Maion

[Tellos Athenaios]

I'm not sure, because I did not check with a dictionary, but it sounds like you have quite a few adjectives consisting of 2 words. An example would be "Aaptos" (which is A-aptos). Note that these have only 2 diclensions: m/f and n. That is: the masculine form and the feminine form are exactly the same!

[Maion Maroneios]

I'm not sure, because I did not check with a dictionary, but it sounds like you have quite a few adjectives consisting of 2 words.

Aha, that's correct... So?

An example would be "Aaptos" (which is A-aptos). Note that these have only 2 diclensions: m/f and n. That is: the masculine form and the feminine form are exactly the same!

I know it's A-aptos. It's from apto (which means touch) and with the a before the word, it means 'untouchable'. In other words, invincible. As for the sane form, I'm not sure about that. I'll have to check it

Maion

[Olaf Blackeyes]

This thread RULES!!!!!!