Ἀτροπάτης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Persian *Ātr̥pātah.[1][2] Doublet of Αζερμπαϊτζάν (Azermpaïtzán, “Azerbaijan”).

Proper noun

Ἀτροπάτης • (Atropátēs) m (genitive Ἀτροπάτου); first declension

  1. a male given name from Old Persian Atropates
    1. satrap of Media and leader of the Sacesinae and Cadusii soldiers at the Battle of Gaugamela

Inflection
First declension of ὁ Ἀτροπάτης; τοῦ Ἀτροπάτου (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ὁ Ἀτροπάτης
ho Atropátēs
Genitive τοῦ Ἀτροπάτου
toû Atropátou
Dative τῷ Ἀτροπάτῃ
tôi Atropátēi
Accusative τὸν Ἀτροπάτην
tòn Atropátēn
Vocative Ἀτροπάτᾰ
Atropáta
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Greek: Ἀτροπάτης (Atropátēs)
  • Latin: Atropatēs

References
  1. Hinz, Walther (1975) “*ātrpāta”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)‎ (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 49
  2. Tavernier, Jan (2007) “4.2.193. *Ātṛpāta-”, 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 125

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