Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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From Old Persian *Gadāta.[1][2]

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Γαδάτᾱς (Gadátāsm (genitive Γαδάτᾱ or Γαδάτου); first declension

  1. Gadatas, name of several Persian satraps

Inflection

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Descendants

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  • Greek: Γαδάτας (Gadátas)
  • Latin: Gadatās

References

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  1. ^ Hinz, Walther (1975) “*gadāta-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)‎[1] (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 101
  2. ^ Tavernier, Jan (2007) “4.2.618. *Gadāta-”, in 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 185

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