Ancient Greek

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Scythian *Spādaka.[1][2][3]

Proper noun

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Σπάδακος (Spádakosm (genitive Σπάδακου); second declension

  1. a male given name from Scythian: Spadacus

Inflection

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References

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  1. ^ János Harmatta, Studies in the Language of the Iranian Tribes in South Russia, Acta Orientalia Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae, Vol. 1, No. 2/3 (1951), pp. 297
  2. ^ János Harmatta, Studies in the History and Language of the Sarmatians, 1970, p. 86
  3. ^ Hinz, Walther (1975) “*spādaka-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)‎[1] (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 225