Latin edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Βαγιστάνης (Bagistánēs).

Pronunciation edit

Proper noun edit

Bagistanēs m sg (genitive Bagistanis); third declension

  1. A Babylonian who helped Alexander the Great

Declension edit

Third-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Bagistanēs
Genitive Bagistanis
Dative Bagistanī
Accusative Bagistanem
Ablative Bagistane
Vocative Bagistanēs

References edit

  • Bagistanes”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray