Μεγαβάτης

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Persian *Bagapātah.[1][2]

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Μεγᾰβάτης • (Megăbátēs) m (genitive Μεγᾰβάτου); first declension

  1. a male given name from Old Persian, equivalent to English Megabates
    1. a cousin of Darius the Great, satrap of Dascylitis and father of Seisamas and Megabazos
    2. a commander of the Achaemenid fleet
    3. an inhabitant of Halicarnassus
    4. a son of the rebellious general Spithridates and lover of Agesilaus of Sparta
    5. a hyparch of king Artapates of Armenia
    6. a brother of Vardanes I

Inflection

First declension of ὁ Μεγαβάτης; τοῦ Μεγαβάτου (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ὁ Μεγαβάτης
ho Megabátēs
Genitive τοῦ Μεγαβάτου
toû Megabátou
Dative τῷ Μεγαβάτῃ
tōî Megabátēi
Accusative τὸν Μεγαβάτην
tòn Megabátēn
Vocative Μεγαβάτᾰ
Megabátă
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • Greek: Μεγαβάτης (Megavátis)
  • → Latin: Megabatēs

References

  1. ^ Rüdiger Schmitt, "MEGABATES" in Encyclopædia Iranica, January 1, 2000
  2. ^ 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 137

Further reading

  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,016
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