Σατράκης

Ancient Greek edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Scythian *Šaθraka, sibilisation of an older Iranian *Xšaθraka (literally “reigning”),^[1]^[2]^[3] from Proto-Iranian *xšaθram (literally “reign, kingdom”) (from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kšatrám) + *-kah (suffix) (from Proto-Indo-Iranian *-kas), whence also Ossetian Ӕхсӕртӕггaтӕ (Æxsærtæggatæ).^[4]

Pronunciation edit

(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /saˈtra.ke̝s/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /saˈtra.cis/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /saˈtra.cis/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /saˈtra.cis/

Proper noun edit

Σατράκης • (Satrákēs) m (genitive Σατράκου); first declension

a male given name from Scythian: Satraces, the name of a Saka king who fought Alexander the Great

Inflection edit

First declension of ὁ Σατράκης; τοῦ Σατράκου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Σατράκης ho Satrákēs
Genitive	τοῦ Σατράκου toû Satrákou
Dative	τῷ Σατράκῃ tôi Satrákēi
Accusative	τὸν Σατράκην tòn Satrákēn
Vocative	Σατράκη Satrákē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References edit

^ Kullanda, S. V. (2016) Скифы: язык и этногенез [The Scythians: Language and Ethnogenesis] (in Russian), Moscow: Dmitry Pozharsky University, →ISBN, page 86.
^ Kullanda, Sergei (2014) “External relations of Scythian”, in Journal of Language Relationship: International Scientific Periodical, numbers No. 11: Proceedings of the International Conference “Comparative-Historical Linguistics of the 21st Century: Issues and Perspectives” in memory of Sergei A. Starostin, →ISSN, pages 81–90
^ Bukharin, Mikhail (2013) “К дискуссии о языке скифов: переход др.ир. *xš- > *s- и его отражение в древнегреческом [Towards the Discusion on the Language of the Scythians: The Transition of OIr *xš- > *s- and its Reflection in the Ancient Greek]”, in Проблемы Истории, Филологии, Культуры [Problems of History, Philology, Culture]‎^[1] (in Russian), volume 40, number 2, retrieved 30 April 2023, pages 263–285
^ Ivantchik, Askold I. (2005) Накануне колонизации. Северное Причерноморье и степные кочевники VIII – VII вв. до н.э. в античной литературной традиции: фольклор, литература и история [On the eve of Colonisation. The Northern Black Sea Region and the Steppe Nomads of the 8th - 7th centuries BC in the Ancient Literary Tradition: Folklore, Literature and History]‎^[2] (in Russian), Berlin, Germany, Moscow, Russia: Eurasien-Abteilung des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts (Germany); Центр сравнительного изучения древних цивилизаций Института всеобщей истории РАН (Russia); Paleograph Press, →ISBN, page 183