Sandrocottus
German edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin Sandrocottus.
Proper noun edit
Sandrocottus m
- Chandragupta Maurya, the first Mauryan emperor reigning 321—297 BCE.
Declension edit
Nominative, dative and accusative Sandrocottus, genitive Sandrocottus' (without the definite article) or Sandrocottus (with the definite article).
Older declension:
Like in Latin, with nominative Sandrocottus, genitive Sandrocotti, dative and ablative Sandrocotto, accusative Sandrocottum, vocative Sandrocotte.
Latin edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Σανδρόκοττος (Sandrókottos) (also Σανδρόκυπτος (Sandrókuptos), Σανδράκοττος (Sandrákottos)), from Sanskrit चन्द्रगुप्त (candragupta).
Proper noun edit
Sandrocottus m sg (genitive Sandrocottī); second declension
- Chandragupta Maurya, the first Mauryan emperor reigning 321—297 BCE.
- c. 350 CE, Marcus Iunianus Iustinus, Epitoma Historiarum Philippicarum Pompeii Trogi XV.IV.13:
- Auctor libertatis Sandrocottus fuerat, sed titulum libertatis post victoriam in servitutem verterat; siquidem occupato regno populum, quem ab externa dominatione vindicaverat, ipse servitio premebat.
- The author of this liberation was Sandrocottus, who afterwards however, turned their semblance of liberty into slavery; for, making himself king, he oppressed the people whom he had delivered from a foreign power, with a cruel tyranny.[1]
Declension edit
Second-declension noun, singular only.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | Sandrocottus |
Genitive | Sandrocottī |
Dative | Sandrocottō |
Accusative | Sandrocottum |
Ablative | Sandrocottō |
Vocative | Sandrocotte |
Descendants edit
- German: Sandrocottus, Sandrokottus
References edit
- ^ John Selby Watson, Justin, Cornelius Nepos, and Eutropius, literally translated with notes and a general index, London, 1853, p. 142