σατράπης
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- σατράππης (satráppēs)
- σαδράπας (sadrápas)
- ἐξατράπης (exatrápēs)
- ἐξαιτράπης (exaitrápēs)
- ξατράπης (xatrápēs)
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Median *xšaθrapāwan- (literally “kingdom-protector”),[1] which is cognate with Old Persian 𐎧𐏁𐏂𐎱𐎠𐎺𐎠 (x-š-ç-p-a-v-a /xšaçapāvā/); see there for more.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /sa.trá.pɛːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /saˈtra.pe̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /saˈtra.pis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /saˈtra.pis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /saˈtra.pis/
Noun
σᾰτράπης • (satrápēs) m (genitive σᾰτράπου); first declension
- a satrap, title of a Persian viceroy or governor of a province (satrapy)
- In general, of any governor or lord
Declension
First declension of ὁ σατράπης; τοῦ σατράπου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ σατράπης ho satrápēs | τὼ σατράπᾱ tṑ satrápā | οἱ σατράπαι hoi satrápai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ σατράπου toû satrápou | τοῖν σατράπαιν toîn satrápain | τῶν σατραπῶν tôn satrapôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ σατράπῃ tôi satrápēi | τοῖν σατράπαιν toîn satrápain | τοῖς σατράπαις toîs satrápais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν σατράπην tòn satrápēn | τὼ σατράπᾱ tṑ satrápā | τοὺς σατράπᾱς toùs satrápās | ||||||||||
Vocative | σατράπη satrápē | σατράπᾱ satrápā | σατράπαι satrápai | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- σατραπεία (satrapeía)
Descendants
- Aramaic:
- Classical Syriac: ܣܛܪܦܐ (saṭrāpā)
- Latin: satrapēs
- Old Armenian: սատրապ (satrap)
- Russian: сатра́п m (satráp)
References
- David Neil MacKenzie, "ENGLISH i. Persian Elements in English" in Encyclopaedia Iranica, December 15, 1998.
Further reading
- “σατράπης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- σατράπης in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- governor idem, page 368.
- satrap idem, page 734.
- vicegerent idem, page 950.
- viceroy idem, page 950.
- Schmitt, Rüdiger (2002), “Greece xii. Persian Loanwords and Names in Greek”, in Encyclopædia Iranica, online edition, New York, retrieved 2016-12-17
- Mackenzie, D. N. (1998), “ENGLISH i. Persian Elements in English”, in Encyclopædia Iranica, online edition, New York, retrieved 2016-12-17