Αὐτοφραδάτης
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Persian *Vātafradātah.[1][2]
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /au̯.to.pʰra.dá.tɛːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /aʍ.to.pʰraˈda.te̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /aɸ.to.ɸraˈða.tis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /af.to.fraˈða.tis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /af.to.fraˈða.tis/
Proper noun
Αὐτοφρᾰδᾰ́της • (Autophrădắtēs) m (genitive Αὐτοφρᾰδᾰ́του); third declension
- a male given name, Autophradates, from Old Persian
- satrap of Lydia under Artaxerxes II
- navy commander for Darius III
- satrap of the Amardi and Tapuri
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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| Nominative | ὁ Αὐτοφρᾰδᾰ́της ho Autophrădắtēs | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ Αὐτοφρᾰδᾰ́του toû Autophrădắtou | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ Αὐτοφρᾰδᾰ́τῃ tōî Autophrădắtēi | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν Αὐτοφρᾰδᾰ́την tòn Autophrădắtēn | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Αὐτοφρᾰδᾰ́τᾰ Autophrădắtă | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
- → Latin: Autophradatēs
References
- ^ Tavernier, Jan (2007) 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 341
- ^ Hinz, Walther (1975) “*vātafradāta-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)[1] (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 258
Further reading
- Justi, Ferdinand (1895) “Αὐτοφραδάτης”, in Iranisches Namenbuch[2] (in German), Marburg: N. G. Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, pages 52-53
- Αὐτοφραδάτης in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)