Σατράκης

Σατράκης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Scythian *saθraka, sibilisation of an older Iranian *xšaθraka (literally “reigning”)[1][2], from *xšaθra (literally “reign, kingdom”) + *-ka (suffix).

Proper noun

Σατράκης • (Satrákēs) m (genitive Σατράκου); first declension

1. a male given name from Scythian: Satraces, the name of a Saka king who fought Alexander the Great

Inflection

First declension of ὁ Σατράκης; τοῦ Σατράκου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Σατράκης ho Satrákēs
Genitive	τοῦ Σατράκου toû Satrákou
Dative	τῷ Σατράκῃ tôi Satrákēi
Accusative	τὸν Σατράκην tòn Satrákēn
Vocative	Σατράκη Satrákē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

1. Kullanda, Sergey Vsevolodovich, СКИФЫ: ЯЗЫК И ЭТНОГЕНЕЗ [The Scythians: Language and Ethnogenesis] (in Russian), p. 86.
2. Kullanda, Sergey Vsevolodovich, External relations of Scythian, p. 1.

Further reading

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