Ὀροντοπάτης
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- Ὀροντοβάτης (Orontobátēs)
Etymology
From Old Persian *Arvantapātaʰ (“protected by the swift”)[1].
Proper noun
Ὀροντοπάτης • (Orontopátēs) m (genitive Ὀρoντoπάτου); ? declension
- a male given name from Old Persian
- a satrap of Pontus, father of Mithridates I
- son-in-law of Pixodarus and last Carian dynast from the Hecatomnids' dynasty
Descendants
- Greek: Ὀρoντoπάτης (Ὀrontopátis)
- → Latin: Orontopatēs
References
- Tavernier, Jan (2007), “4.2.115. *Arvantapāta-”, 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 114
Further reading
- Justi, Ferdinand (1895), “Ὀρoντoπάτης”, in Iranisches Namenbuch (in German), Marburg: N. G. Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 235b-236a