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Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Δατάμης (Datámēs), itself from Old Iranian *Dātama- or *Dātāma-, itself either a two-stem shortened form *Dāta-m-a-, a two-stem hypocoristic of compound name like *Dātamiθra-, or an unabridged compound *Dātāma- from *Dāta-ama (literally “to whom force is given”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Datamēs m sg (genitive Datamis); third declension
- A general and satrap of Cappadocia
Declension
Third-declension noun, singular only.
References
- Datames in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Datames”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray