Δατάμης

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

Of disputed etymology. Either borrowed from Old Persian *Dātamah, or from *Dātāmah.

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Δᾰτᾰ́μης (Dătắmēsm (genitive Δᾰτᾰ́μου); third declension

  1. a male given name, Datames, satrap of Cappadocia

Inflection

Descendants

  • Greek: Δατάμης (Datámis)
  • Latin: Datamēs

References

  1. ^ Rüdiger Schmitt, "DATAMES" in Encyclopædia Iranica, December 15, 1994
  2. ^ Tavernier, Jan (2007) “4.2.512. *Dātama-”, 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 170
  3. ^ Hinz, Walther (1975) “*dātama-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)‎ (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 86

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