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Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek σατράπης (satrápēs). See there for more.
Pronunciation
Noun
satrapēs m (genitive satrapis); third declension
- A satrap; a governor of a province, a viceroy among the Persians.
Declension
Third-declension noun.
References
- “satrapes”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- satrapes in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.