Μεγαβάτης

Μεγαβάτης

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Βαγαπάτης (Bagapátēs)

Etymology

From Old Persian *Bagapātaʰ (literally “Protected by God/the gods”)[1][2].

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /me.ɡa.bá.tɛːs/ → /me.ɣaˈβa.tis/ → /me.ɣaˈva.tis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /me.ɡa.bá.tɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /me.ɡaˈba.te̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /me.ɣaˈβa.tis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /me.ɣaˈva.tis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /me.ɣaˈva.tis/

Proper noun

Μεγᾰβάτης • (Megabátēs) m (genitive Μεγᾰβάτου); first declension

1. a male given name from Old Persian: Megabates

Inflection

First declension of ὁ Μεγαβάτης; τοῦ Μεγαβάτου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Μεγαβάτης ho Megabátēs
Genitive	τοῦ Μεγαβάτου toû Megabátou
Dative	τῷ Μεγαβάτῃ tôi Megabátēi
Accusative	τὸν Μεγαβάτην tòn Megabátēn
Vocative	Μεγαβάτᾰ Megabáta
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Μεγαβάτης (Megavátis)
• → Latin: Megabatēs

References

1. Rüdiger Schmitt, "MEGABATES" in Encyclopædia Iranica, January 1, 2000
2. Tavernier, Jan (2007) 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 137

Further reading

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,016