Μεγαβάτης
Ancient Greek
editAlternative forms
edit- Βαγαπάτης (Bagapátēs)
Etymology
editFrom Old Persian *Bagapātah.[1][2]
Pronunciation
edit- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /me.ɡa.bá.tɛːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /me.ɡaˈba.te̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /me.ɣaˈβa.tis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /me.ɣaˈva.tis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /me.ɣaˈva.tis/
Proper noun
editΜεγᾰβάτης • (Megabátēs) m (genitive Μεγᾰβάτου); first declension
- a male given name from Old Persian, equivalent to English Megabates
- a cousin of Darius the Great, satrap of Dascylitis and father of Seisamas and Megabazos
- a commander of the Achaemenid fleet
- an inhabitant of Halicarnassus
- a son of the rebellious general Spithridates and lover of Agesilaus of Sparta
- a hyparch of king Artapates of Armenia
- a brother of Vardanes I
Inflection
editCase / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ Μεγαβάτης ho Megabátēs | ||||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ Μεγαβάτου toû Megabátou | ||||||||||||
Dative | τῷ Μεγαβάτῃ tôi Megabátēi | ||||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν Μεγαβάτην tòn Megabátēn | ||||||||||||
Vocative | Μεγαβάτᾰ Megabáta | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
editReferences
edit- ^ Rüdiger Schmitt, "MEGABATES" in Encyclopædia Iranica, January 1, 2000
- ^ Tavernier, Jan (2007) 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 137
Further reading
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- Ancient Greek 4-syllable words
- Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation
- Ancient Greek lemmas
- Ancient Greek proper nouns
- Ancient Greek paroxytone terms
- Ancient Greek masculine proper nouns
- Ancient Greek first-declension proper nouns
- Ancient Greek masculine proper nouns in the first declension
- Ancient Greek masculine nouns
- Ancient Greek given names
- Ancient Greek male given names
- Ancient Greek male given names from Old Persian
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