Δατάμης

Δατάμης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Persian *Dātama[1][2][3].

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /da.tá.mɛːs/ → /ðaˈta.mis/ → /ðaˈta.mis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /da.tá.mɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /daˈta.me̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ðaˈta.mis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ðaˈta.mis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ðaˈta.mis/

Proper noun

Δᾰτᾰ́μης • (Datámēs) m (genitive Δᾰτᾰ́μου); third declension

1. a male given name: Datames, satrap of Cappadocia

Inflection

First declension of ὁ Δᾰτᾰ́μης; τοῦ Δᾰτᾰ́μου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Δᾰτᾰ́μης ho Datámēs
Genitive	τοῦ Δᾰτᾰ́μου toû Datámou
Dative	τῷ Δᾰτᾰ́μῃ tôi Datámēi
Accusative	τὸν Δᾰτᾰ́μην tòn Datámēn
Vocative	Δᾰτᾰ́μη Datámē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Δατάμης (Datámis)
• → Latin: Datamēs
  • → English: Datames

References

1. Rüdiger Schmitt, "DATAMES" in Encyclopædia Iranica, December 15, 1994
2. Tavernier, Jan (2007), “4.2.512. *Dātama-”, 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 170
3. Hinz, Walther (1975), “*dātama-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3) (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 86

Further reading

• Δατάμης in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2023)