Μεγαδόστης

Μεγαδόστης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Old Persian *Bagadušta (“Loved by Baga (God)”)[1], from Old Persian *Baga- (“God”) + *dušta- (“loved”)[2].

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /me.ɡa.dós.tɛːs/ → /me.ɣaˈðos.tis/ → /me.ɣaˈðos.tis/

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

Proper noun

Μεγᾰδόστης • (Megadóstēs) m (genitive Μεγᾰδόστου); first declension

1. a male given name from Old Persian: Megadostes, father of Mascames

Inflection

First declension of ὁ Μεγᾰδόστης; τοῦ Μεγᾰδόστου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Μεγᾰδόστης ho Megadóstēs
Genitive	τοῦ Μεγᾰδόστου toû Megadóstou
Dative	τῷ Μεγᾰδόστῃ tôi Megadóstēi
Accusative	τὸν Μεγᾰδόστην tòn Megadóstēn
Vocative	Μεγᾰδόστᾰ Megadósta
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: Megadostēs

Further reading

• Μεγαδόστης in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette

1. Rüdiger Schmitt, “Medisches und persisches Sprachgut bei Herodot,” ZDMG 117, 1967, p. 130
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 144