Μεγαβάτης

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Βαγαπάτης (Bagapátēs)

Etymology

From Old Persian *Bagapātah.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /me.ɡa.bá.tɛːs/ → /me.ɣaˈβa.tis/ → /me.ɣaˈva.tis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /me.ɡa.bá.tɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /me.ɡaˈba.te̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /me.ɣaˈβa.tis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /me.ɣaˈva.tis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /me.ɣaˈva.tis/

Proper noun

Μεγᾰβάτης • (Megabátēs) m (genitive Μεγᾰβάτου); first declension

1. a male given name from Old Persian, equivalent to English Megabates
   1. a cousin of Darius the Great, satrap of Dascylitis and father of Seisamas and Megabazos
   2. a commander of the Achaemenid fleet
   3. an inhabitant of Halicarnassus
   4. a son of the rebellious general Spithridates and lover of Agesilaus of Sparta
   5. a hyparch of king Artapates of Armenia
   6. a brother of Vardanes I

Inflection

First declension of ὁ Μεγαβάτης; τοῦ Μεγαβάτου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Μεγαβάτης ho Megabátēs
Genitive	τοῦ Μεγαβάτου toû Megabátou
Dative	τῷ Μεγαβάτῃ tôi Megabátēi
Accusative	τὸν Μεγαβάτην tòn Megabátēn
Vocative	Μεγαβάτᾰ Megabáta
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Μεγαβάτης (Megavátis)
• → Latin: Megabatēs

Further reading

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,016