Ἀτροπάτης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Persian *Ātr̥pātah.

Proper noun

Ἀτροπάτης • (Atropátēs) m (genitive Ἀτροπάτου); first declension

1. a male given name from Old Persian Atropates
   1. satrap of Media and leader of the Sacesinae and Cadusii soldiers at the Battle of Gaugamela

Inflection

First declension of ὁ Ἀτροπάτης; τοῦ Ἀτροπάτου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ἀτροπάτης ho Atropátēs
Genitive	τοῦ Ἀτροπάτου toû Atropátou
Dative	τῷ Ἀτροπάτῃ tôi Atropátēi
Accusative	τὸν Ἀτροπάτην tòn Atropátēn
Vocative	Ἀτροπάτᾰ Atropáta
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Ἀτροπατηνή (Atropatēnḗ)
• Ἀτροπατηνός (Atropatēnós)

Descendants

• Greek: Ατροπάτης (Atropátis)
• Latin: Atropatēs

Further reading

• Justi, Ferdinand (1895) “Ātarepāta”, in Iranisches Namenbuch‎^[2] (in German), Marburg: N. G. Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 49a
• Ἀτροπάτης in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)