Ὀροντοπάτης

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Ὀροντοβάτης (Orontobátēs)

Etymology

From Old Persian *Arvantapātah.

Proper noun

Ὀροντοπάτης • (Orontopátēs) m (genitive Ὀρoντoπάτου); ? declension

1. a male given name from Old Persian
   1. a satrap of Pontus, father of Mithridates I
   2. son-in-law of Pixodarus and last Carian dynast from the Hecatomnids' dynasty

Descendants

• Greek: Ὀρoντoπάτης (Orontopátēs)
• → Latin: Orontopatēs

Further reading

• Justi, Ferdinand (1895) “Ὀρoντoπάτης”, in Iranisches Namenbuch‎^[1] (in German), Marburg: N. G. Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, pages 235b-236a