Φερενδάτης

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Persian *Farnahdātah.[1][2]

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Φερενδᾱ́της • (Pherendā́tēsm (genitive Φερενδᾱ́του); first declension

  1. a male given name, Pherendates, from Old Persian
    1. a son of Megabazus and leader of the Sarangians
    2. a nephew of Xerxes I and military commander at the Battle of the Eurymedon
    3. an Achaemenid satrap of Egypt

Inflection

Descendants

  • Greek: Φερενδάτης (Ferendátis)
  • Latin: Pherendātēs

Further reading

References

  1. ^ Tavernier, Jan (2007) “4.2.565. *Farnadāta-”, 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 177
  2. ^ Hinz, Walther (1975) “*farnadāta-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)‎[1] (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 94