Sabaces

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Σαβάκης (Sabákēs).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈsa.ba.keːs/, [ˈs̠äbäkeːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsa.ba.t͡ʃes/, [ˈsäːbät͡ʃes]

Proper noun

Sabacēs m sg (genitive Sabacis); third declension

1. A Persian satrap of Egypt, slain during the battle of Issus

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Sabacēs
Genitive	Sabacis
Dative	Sabacī
Accusative	Sabacem
Ablative	Sabace
Vocative	Sabacēs

References

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