Σφενδαδάτης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Persian *Spantadātah.

Proper noun

Σφενδαδάτης • (Sphendadátēs) m (genitive Σφενδαδάτου); first declension

1. a male given name from Old Persian: Sphendadates
   1. a Magian who usurped the Achaemenid throne after the murder of Smerdis and the death of Cambyses II; likely an epithet of Gaumāta

Inflection

First declension of ὁ Σφενδαδάτης; τοῦ Σφενδαδάτου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Σφενδαδάτης ho Sphendadátēs
Genitive	τοῦ Σφενδαδάτου toû Sphendadátou
Dative	τῷ Σφενδαδάτῃ tôi Sphendadátēi
Accusative	τὸν Σφενδαδάτην tòn Sphendadátēn
Vocative	Σφενδαδάτᾰ Sphendadáta
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Σφενδαδάτης (Sfendadátis)
• → Latin: Sphendadatēs

Further reading

• Justi, Ferdinand (1895) “Spentōdāta”, in Iranisches Namenbuch‎^[2] (in German), Marburg: N. G. Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 308