Datames
See also: datâmes
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Δατάμης (Datámēs), itself from Old Persian *Dātamah or *Dātāmah.[1][2]
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈda.ta.meːs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈd̪aː.t̪a.mes]
Proper noun
Datamēs m sg (genitive Datamis); third declension
- A general and satrap of Cappadocia
Declension
Third-declension noun, singular only.
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Datamēs |
| genitive | Datamis |
| dative | Datamī |
| accusative | Datamem |
| ablative | Datame |
| vocative | Datamēs |
References
- Datames in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Datames”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
- ^ 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 170
- ^ Rüdiger Schmitt, "DATAMES" in Encyclopædia Iranica, December 15, 1994