Σπιθριδάτης

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
 

Proper noun

Σπῐθρῐδᾱ́της • (Spithridā́tēs) m (genitive Σπῐθρῐδᾱ́του); first declension

  1. a male given name from Old Persian: Spithridates
    1. an Achaemenid general who revolted against Pharnabazus II
    2. brother of Rhosaces and satrap of Lydia and Ionia who smashed Alexander the Great's helmet at the Battle of the Granicus

Inflection
First declension of ὁ Σπῐθρῐδᾱ́της; τοῦ Σπῐθρῐδᾱ́του (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ὁ Σπῐθρῐδᾱ́της
ho Spithridā́tēs
Genitive τοῦ Σπῐθρῐδᾱ́του
toû Spithridā́tou
Dative τῷ Σπῐθρῐδᾱ́τῃ
tôi Spithridā́tēi
Accusative τὸν Σπῐθρῐδᾱ́την
tòn Spithridā́tēn
Vocative Σπῐθρῐδᾶτᾰ
Spithridâta
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants
  • Greek: Σπιθριδάτης (Spithridátis)
  • → Latin: Spithridātēs

Further reading

References
  1. Hinz, Walther (1975) “*spiθradāta”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)‎ (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 227
  2. Tavernier, Jan (2007) “4.2.1600. *Spiθradāta < *Spiθradāta”, in 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 314
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