Atropatene

See also: Atropatène

English

Etymology

From Latin Ātropatēnē, from Ancient Greek Ἀτροπατηνή (Atropatēnḗ).

Proper noun

Atropatene

(historical) An ancient kingdom established in the 4th century BC in the modern-day region of Azerbaijan in Iran by the satrap Atropates.
a satrapy of later Parthian and Sasanian empires; Aturpatakan; Adurbadagan; Atrapatakan

Synonyms

Atropatia

Derived terms

Atropatenid
Media Atropatene

Translations

ancient kingdom

Armenian: Ատրպատական (Atrpatakan)
Azerbaijani: Atropatena, Adurbadaqan, Atropat Midiyası
French: Atropatène (fr) f
Georgian: ატროპატენა (aṭroṗaṭena)
Greek: Ατροπατήνη (Atropatíni)
Italian: Atropatene f
Lithuanian: Atropatena f, Atropatėnė f
Persian: آذربایجان (fa) (âzarbâyjân)
Portuguese: Atropatene (pt) f
Russian: Атропате́на (ru) f (Atropaténa)
Turkish: Atropatena, Medya Atropatena

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀτροπατηνή (Atropatēnḗ).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [aː.trɔ.paˈteː.neː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [a.t̪ro.paˈt̪ɛː.ne]

Proper noun

Ātropatēnē f sg (genitive Ātropatēnēs); first declension

Atropatene (ancient kingdom)
Azerbaijan (region in Iran)
(New Latin) Azerbaijan (country in the Caucasus)

Declension

First-declension noun (Greek-type), with locative, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Ātropatēnē
genitive	Ātropatēnēs
dative	Ātropatēnae
accusative	Ātropatēnēn
ablative	Ātropatēnē
vocative	Ātropatēnē
locative	Ātropatēnēs

Synonyms

(country in the Caucasus) Adrabigania, Azerbaigiania

Descendants

→ English: Atropatene

References

“Atropatene”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Atropatene in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Ātropatēnē. Doublet of Azerbaijão.

Proper noun

Atropatene f

Atropatene (an ancient kingdom in Persia)