Σπιτάκης
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Median *Spitaka (literally “abundant”)[1][2].
Proper noun
Σπιτάκης • (Spitákēs) m (genitive Σπιτάκου); ? declension
- A male given name from Old Median: Spitaces
- a son Amytis and Spitamas, and grandson of Astyages
- an Indian nomarch in the army of Porus
Inflection
First declension of ὁ Σπιτάκης; τοῦ Σπιτάκου (Attic)
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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| Nominative | ὁ Σπιτάκης ho Spitákēs | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ Σπιτάκου toû Spitákou | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ Σπιτάκῃ tôi Spitákēi | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν Σπιτάκην tòn Spitákēn | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Σπιτάκη Spitákē | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: Σπιτάκης (Spitákis)
- → Latin: Spitacēs
Further reading
- Justi, Ferdinand (1895) , “Σπιτάκης”, in Iranisches Namenbuch (in German), Marburg: N. G. Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 309b
References
- Hinz, Walther (1975) , “*spitaka-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3) (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 226
- Tavernier, Jan (2007) , “4.2.1602. *Spitaka-”, 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