σατράπης

Ancient Greek

Borrowed from Old Median *xšaθrapāwan- (literally “kingdom-protector”),[1] which is cognate with Old Persian 𐎧𐏁𐏂𐎱𐎠𐎺𐎠 (x-š-ç-p-a-v-a /⁠xšaçapāvā⁠/); see there for more.

σᾰτράπης • (satrápēs) m (genitive σᾰτράπου); first declension

First declension of ὁ σατράπης; τοῦ σατράπου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ σατράπης ho satrápēs	τὼ σατράπᾱ tṑ satrápā	οἱ σατράπαι hoi satrápai
Genitive	τοῦ σατράπου toû satrápou	τοῖν σατράπαιν toîn satrápain	τῶν σατραπῶν tôn satrapôn
Dative	τῷ σατράπῃ tôi satrápēi	τοῖν σατράπαιν toîn satrápain	τοῖς σατράπαις toîs satrápais
Accusative	τὸν σατράπην tòn satrápēn	τὼ σατράπᾱ tṑ satrápā	τοὺς σατράπᾱς toùs satrápās
Vocative	σατράπη satrápē	σατράπᾱ satrápā	σατράπαι satrápai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

“σατράπης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
σατράπης in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- governor idem, page 368.
- satrap idem, page 734.
- vicegerent idem, page 950.
- viceroy idem, page 950.
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