Σπιθραδάτης
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- Σπιθριδάτης (Spithridátēs)
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Persian *Spiθradātah.[1][2]
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /spi.tʰra.dǎː.tɛːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /spi.tʰraˈda.te̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /spi.θraˈða.tis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /spi.θraˈða.tis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /spi.θraˈða.tis/
Proper noun
Σπῐθρᾰδᾱ́της • (Spĭthrădā́tēs) m (genitive Σπῐθρᾰδᾱ́του); first declension
- a male given name, Spithradates, from Old Persian
- an Achaemenid military officer send by Darius II to quell the rebellion of Pissuthnes
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ Σπῐθρᾰδᾱ́της ho Spĭthrădā́tēs | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ Σπῐθρᾰδᾱ́του toû Spĭthrădā́tou | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ Σπῐθρᾰδᾱ́τῃ tōî Spĭthrădā́tēi | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν Σπῐθρᾰδᾱ́την tòn Spĭthrădā́tēn | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Σπῐθρᾰδᾶτᾰ Spĭthrădâtă | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: Σπιθραδάτης (Spithradátis)
- → Latin: Spithradātēs
Further reading
- Justi, Ferdinand (1895) “Σπιθραδάτης”, in Iranisches Namenbuch[2] (in German), Marburg: N. G. Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 310a
- Σπιθραδάτης in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
References
- ^ Hinz, Walther (1975) “*spiθradāta”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)[1] (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 227
- ^ Tavernier, Jan (2007) “4.2.1600. *Spiθradāta < *Spiθradāta”, 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 314