Bagistanes

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Βαγιστάνης (Bagistánēs).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /baˈɡis.ta.neːs/, [bäˈɡɪs̠t̪äneːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /baˈd͡ʒis.ta.nes/, [bäˈd͡ʒist̪änes]

Proper noun

Bagistanēs m sg (genitive Bagistanis); third declension

1. A Babylonian who helped Alexander the Great

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Bagistanēs
Genitive	Bagistanis
Dative	Bagistanī
Accusative	Bagistanem
Ablative	Bagistane
Vocative	Bagistanēs

References

• “Bagistanes”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray