Datames
See also: datâmes
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Δατάμης (Datámēs), itself from Old Iranian *Dātama- or *Dātāma-, itself either a two-stem shortened form *Dāta-m-a-, a two-stem hypocoristic of compound name like *Dātamiθra-,[1] or an unabridged compound *Dātāma- from *Dāta-ama (literally “to whom force is given”).[2]
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈda.ta.meːs/, [ˈd̪ät̪ämeːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈda.ta.mes/, [ˈd̪äːt̪ämes]
Proper noun edit
Datamēs m sg (genitive Datamis); third declension
- A general and satrap of Cappadocia
Declension edit
Third-declension noun, singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Datamēs |
| Genitive | Datamis |
| Dative | Datamī |
| Accusative | Datamem |
| Ablative | Datame |
| Vocative | Datamēs |
References edit
- Datames in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Datames”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
- ^ Tavernier, Jan (2007) Iranica in the Achaemenid Period (ca. 550–330 B.C.): Lexicon of Old Iranian Proper Names and Loanwords, Attested in Non-Iranian Texts, Peeters Publishers, →ISBN, page 170
- ^ Rüdiger Schmitt, "DATAMES" in Encyclopædia Iranica, December 15, 1994