Ἀτροπάτης
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Persian *Ātr̥pātaʰ.[1][2]
Proper noun
Ἀτροπάτης • (Atropátēs) m (genitive Ἀτροπάτου); first declension
- a male given name from Old Persian Atropates
- satrap of Media and leader of the Sacesinae and Cadusii soldiers at the Battle of Gaugamela
Inflection
First declension of ὁ Ἀτροπάτης; τοῦ Ἀτροπάτου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ Ἀτροπάτης ho Atropátēs | ||||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ Ἀτροπάτου toû Atropátou | ||||||||||||
Dative | τῷ Ἀτροπάτῃ tôi Atropátēi | ||||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν Ἀτροπάτην tòn Atropátēn | ||||||||||||
Vocative | Ἀτροπάτᾰ Atropáta | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- Ἀτροπατηνή (Atropatēnḗ)
- Ἀτροπατηνός (Atropatēnós)
Descendants
- Greek: Ἀτροπάτης (Ἀtropátis)
- Latin: Atropatēs
References
- Hinz, Walther (1975), “*ātrpāta”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3) (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 49
- Tavernier, Jan (2007), “4.2.193. *Ātṛpāta-”, 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 125
Further reading
- Justi, Ferdinand (1895), “Ātarepāta”, in Iranisches Namenbuch (in German), Marburg: N. G. Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 49a
- Ἀτροπάτης in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2023)