Μεγαβάτης
Ancient Greek edit
Alternative forms edit
- Βαγαπάτης (Bagapátēs)
Etymology edit
From Old Persian *Bagapātah.[1][2]
Pronunciation edit
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /me.ɡa.bá.tɛːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /me.ɡaˈba.te̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /me.ɣaˈβa.tis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /me.ɣaˈva.tis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /me.ɣaˈva.tis/
Proper noun edit
Μεγᾰβάτης • (Megabátēs) m (genitive Μεγᾰβάτου); first declension
- a male given name from Old Persian: Megabates
Inflection edit
Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ Μεγαβάτης ho Megabátēs | ||||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ Μεγαβάτου toû Megabátou | ||||||||||||
Dative | τῷ Μεγαβάτῃ tôi Megabátēi | ||||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν Μεγαβάτην tòn Megabátēn | ||||||||||||
Vocative | Μεγαβάτᾰ Megabáta | ||||||||||||
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Descendants edit
References edit
- ^ Rüdiger Schmitt, "MEGABATES" in Encyclopædia Iranica, January 1, 2000
- ^ 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