Σπιταμᾶς
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Median *Spitāma (literally “with abundant force”)[1].
Compare with Ancient Greek Σπιθάμης (Spithámēs), from Scythian *Spitāma (“with abundant force”).
Proper noun
Σπιταμᾶς • (Spitamâs) m (genitive Σπιταμου); ? declension
- A male given name from Old Median: Spitamas
- son-in-law of Astyages and husband of Amytis
Descendants
- Greek: Σπιταμᾶς (Spitamᾶs)
- → Latin: Spitamas
Further reading
- Justi, Ferdinand (1895) , “Spitāma”, in Iranisches Namenbuch (in German), Marburg: N. G. Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 309b
References
- Tavernier, Jan (2007) , “4.2.1603. *Spitāma-”, 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