Σατάσπης
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Median *Satāspa (literally “possessing a hundred horses”)[1][2].
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /sa.tás.pɛːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /saˈtas.pe̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /saˈtas.pis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /saˈtas.pis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /saˈtas.pis/
Proper noun
Σᾰτᾰ́σπης • (Satáspēs) m (genitive Σᾰτᾰ́σπου); third declension
- a male given name from Old Median: Sataspes, a Persian navigator and commander
Inflection
First declension of ὁ Σᾰτᾰ́σπης; τοῦ Σᾰτᾰ́σπου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ Σᾰτᾰ́σπης ho Satáspēs | ||||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ Σᾰτᾰ́σπου toû Satáspou | ||||||||||||
Dative | τῷ Σᾰτᾰ́σπῃ tôi Satáspēi | ||||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν Σᾰτᾰ́σπην tòn Satáspēn | ||||||||||||
Vocative | Σᾰτᾰ́σπη Satáspē | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
- → Latin: Sataspēs
References
- Hinz, Walther (1975), “*satāspa-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3) (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 223
- Tavernier, Jan (2007), “4.2.1577. *Satāspa-”, 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 311
Further reading
- Σατάσπης in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette