Σατάσπης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Median *Satāspa (literally “possessing a hundred horses”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /sa.tás.pɛːs/ → /saˈtas.pis/ → /saˈtas.pis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /sa.tás.pɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /saˈtas.pe̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /saˈtas.pis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /saˈtas.pis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /saˈtas.pis/

Proper noun

Σᾰτᾰ́σπης • (Satáspēs) m (genitive Σᾰτᾰ́σπου); third declension

1. a male given name from Old Median: Sataspes, a Persian navigator and commander

Inflection

First declension of ὁ Σᾰτᾰ́σπης; τοῦ Σᾰτᾰ́σπου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Σᾰτᾰ́σπης ho Satáspēs
Genitive	τοῦ Σᾰτᾰ́σπου toû Satáspou
Dative	τῷ Σᾰτᾰ́σπῃ tôi Satáspēi
Accusative	τὸν Σᾰτᾰ́σπην tòn Satáspēn
Vocative	Σᾰτᾰ́σπη Satáspē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: Sataspēs

Further reading

• Σατάσπης in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette