Σαχαλῖται

Ancient Greek edit

Etymology edit

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Particularly: “A given name beginning Σαχαλ- (Sakhal-) + the suffix -ῖται (-îtai)?”

Proper noun edit

Σαχαλῖται • (Sakhalîtai) m pl (genitive Σαχαλῑτῶν); first declension

a people inhabiting the southern coast of Arabia Felix, centred on Khuriya Muriya Bay

Declension edit

First declension of οἱ Σαχαλῖται; τῶν Σαχαλῑτῶν (Attic)

Case / #	Plural
Nominative	οἱ Σαχαλῖται hoi Sakhalîtai
Genitive	τῶν Σαχαλῑτῶν tôn Sakhalītôn
Dative	τοῖς Σαχαλῑ́ταις toîs Sakhalī́tais
Accusative	τοὺς Σαχαλῑ́τᾱς toùs Sakhalī́tās
Vocative	Σαχαλῖται Sakhalîtai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Related terms edit

Σαχαλίτης κόλπος (Sakhalítēs kólpos)

Descendants edit

Latin: Sachalitae

References edit

“SACHALI´TAE”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly