Σπιθριδάτης
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Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- Σπιθραδάτης (Spithradátēs)
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Persian *Spiθradātah.[1][2]
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /spi.tʰri.dǎː.tɛːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /spi.tʰriˈda.te̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /spi.θriˈða.tis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /spi.θriˈða.tis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /spi.θriˈða.tis/
Proper noun
Σπῐθρῐδᾱ́της • (Spĭthrĭdā́tēs) m (genitive Σπῐθρῐδᾱ́του); first declension
- a male given name from Old Persian: Spithridates
- an Achaemenid general who revolted against Pharnabazus II
- brother of Rhosaces and satrap of Lydia and Ionia who smashed Alexander the Great's helmet at the Battle of the Granicus
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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| Nominative | ὁ Σπῐθρῐδᾱ́της ho Spĭthrĭdā́tēs | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ Σπῐθρῐδᾱ́του toû Spĭthrĭdā́tou | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ Σπῐθρῐδᾱ́τῃ tôi Spĭthrĭdā́tēi | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν Σπῐθρῐδᾱ́την tòn Spĭthrĭdā́tēn | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Σπῐθρῐδᾶτᾰ Spĭthrĭdâtă | ||||||||||||
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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
- ^ Hinz, Walther (1975) “*spiθradāta”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3) (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 227
- ^ 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