Ὀροντοβάτης

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Persian *Arvantapātah.[1]

Proper noun

Ὀροντοβάτης • (Orontobátēs) m (genitive Ὀρoντoβάτου); ? declension

  1. a male given name from Old Persian: Orontobates
    1. son-in-law of Pixodarus and last Carian dynast from the Hecatomnids' dynasty
    2. a co-leader along with Ariobarzanes and Otanes of the Erythrean soldiers at the Battle of Gaugamela
    3. a satrap of Media under Antigonus I Monophthalmus

Descendants
  • Greek: Ὀρoντoβάτης (Orontobátēs)
  • → Latin: Orontobatēs

References
  1. Tavernier, Jan (2007) “4.2.115. *Arvantapāta-”, 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 114

Further reading
  • Justi, Ferdinand (1895) “Ὀρoντoβάτης”, in Iranisches Namenbuch‎ (in German), Marburg: N. G. Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, pages 235b-236a
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