αζαροπτ <Iranian; Roman period>
👉 αζαροπτ (gen. sg.; perhaps αζαροπτ[ου]) and αζαροπτου (gen. sg.) m. – ‘an Iranian title’ (ŠKZ 56 and 61: 3rd c. CE).
⚠ ŠKZ is a trilingual, i.e. Middle Persian, Parthian and Greek inscription of Shapur I written on the walls of the Ka’ba-ye Zartosht (Cube of Zoroaster) in Naqsh-e Rustam (ca. 12 km from Persepolis).
🅔 Greek αζαροπτ or αζαροπτ[ου] / αζαροπτου are transliterations of their Middle Iranian counterparts attested in the same inscription: Middle Persian hzʾlwpt (vv. 29, 31) and Parthian hzrwpt (vv. 23, 25) ‘first minister’, both commonly interpreted as hazāruft (according to another view: hazārpat). See also ἀζαβαρίτης and ἀζαραπατεῖς.
📖 Data: GIPP: 24 and 54. Ref.: Brust 2008: 49-52; EIr: s.v. Chiliarch.