Σπιθριδάτης

Σπιθριδάτης

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Σπιθραδάτης (Spithradátēs)

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Persian *Spiθradātaʰ.[1][2]

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /spi.tʰri.dǎː.tɛːs/ → /spi.θriˈða.tis/ → /spi.θriˈða.tis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /spi.tʰri.dǎː.tɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /spi.tʰriˈda.te̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /spi.θriˈða.tis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /spi.θriˈða.tis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /spi.θriˈða.tis/

Proper noun

Σπῐθρῐδᾱ́της • (Spithridā́tēs) m (genitive Σπῐθρῐδᾱ́του); first declension

1. a male given name from Old Persian: Spithridates
   1. an Achaemenid general who revolted against Pharnabazus II
   2. brother of Rhosaces and satrap of Lydia and Ionia who smashed Alexander the Great's helmet at the Battle of the Granicus

Inflection

First declension of ὁ Σπῐθρῐδᾱ́της; τοῦ Σπῐθρῐδᾱ́του (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Σπῐθρῐδᾱ́της ho Spithridā́tēs
Genitive	τοῦ Σπῐθρῐδᾱ́του toû Spithridā́tou
Dative	τῷ Σπῐθρῐδᾱ́τῃ tôi Spithridā́tēi
Accusative	τὸν Σπῐθρῐδᾱ́την tòn Spithridā́tēn
Vocative	Σπῐθρῐδᾶτᾰ Spithridâta
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Σπιθριδάτης (Spithridátis)
• → Latin: Spithridātēs

Further reading

• Justi, Ferdinand (1895), “Σπιθραδάτης”, in Iranisches Namenbuch (in German), Marburg: N. G. Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 310a
• Σπιθριδάτης in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette

References

1. Hinz, Walther (1975), “*spiθradāta”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3) (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 227
2. Tavernier, Jan (2007), “4.2.1600. *Spiθradāta < *Spiθradāta”, 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 314