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Ancient Greek
Etymology
Of disputed etymology. Either borrowed from Old Persian *Dātamah, or from *Dātāmah.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /da.tá.mɛːs/ → /ðaˈta.mis/ → /ðaˈta.mis/
Proper noun
Δᾰτᾰ́μης • (Dătắmēs) m (genitive Δᾰτᾰ́μου); third declension
- a male given name, Datames, satrap of Cappadocia
Inflection
Descendants
References
- ^ Rüdiger Schmitt, "DATAMES" in Encyclopædia Iranica, December 15, 1994
- ^ 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
- ^ 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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