Αὐτοφραδάτης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Persian *Vātafradātah.[1][2]

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Αὐτοφρᾰδᾰ́της • (Autophradátēs) m (genitive Αὐτοφρᾰδᾰ́του); third declension

  1. a male given name from Old Persian: Autophradates
    1. satrap of Lydia under Artaxerxes II
    2. navy commander for Darius III
    3. satrap of the Amardi and Tapuri

Inflection

Descendants

  • Latin: Autophradatēs

References

  1. 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 341
  2. Hinz, Walther (1975) “*vātafradāta-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3) (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 258

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