Ὀροντοβάτης

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Ὀροντοπάτης (Orontopátēs)

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Persian *Arvantapātah.

Proper noun

Ὀροντοβάτης • (Orontobátēs) m (genitive Ὀρoντoβάτου); ? declension

1. a male given name from Old Persian: Orontobates
   1. son-in-law of Pixodarus and last Carian dynast from the Hecatomnids' dynasty
   2. a co-leader along with Ariobarzanes and Otanes of the Erythrean soldiers at the Battle of Gaugamela
   3. a satrap of Media under Antigonus I Monophthalmus

Descendants

• Greek: Ὀρoντoβάτης (Orontobátēs)
• → Latin: Orontobatēs

Further reading

• Justi, Ferdinand (1895) “Ὀρoντoβάτης”, in Iranisches Namenbuch‎^[1] (in German), Marburg: N. G. Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, pages 235b-236a