Βαγαπάτης

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Persian *Bagapātah.[1][2][3]

Proper noun

Βαγαπάτης • (Bagapátēs) m (genitive Βαγαπάτου); first declension

  1. a male given name from Old Persian, equivalent to English Bagapates
    1. a eunuch of Cyrus the Great, Cambyses II and Darius the Great
    2. beheader of Cyrus the Younger

Inflection

First declension of ὁ Βαγαπάτης; τοῦ Βαγαπάτου (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ὁ Βαγαπάτης
ho Bagapátēs
Genitive τοῦ Βαγαπάτου
toû Bagapátou
Dative τῷ Βαγαπάτῃ
tōî Bagapátēi
Accusative τὸν Βαγαπάτην
tòn Bagapátēn
Vocative Βαγαπάτᾰ
Bagapátă
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • Greek: Βαγαπάτης (Vagapátis)
  • Latin: Bagapatēs

References

  1. ^ Rüdiger Schmitt, "MEGABATES" in Encyclopædia Iranica, January 1, 2000
  2. ^ Hinz, Walther (1975) “*bagapāta-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)‎[1] (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 58
  3. ^ Tavernier, Jan (2007) “4.2.275. *Bagapāta-”, 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 137

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