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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
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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
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