Datames

See also: datâmes

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Δατάμης (Datámēs), itself from Old Iranian *Dātama- or *Dātāma-, itself either a two-stem shortened form *Dāta-m-a-, a two-stem hypocoristic of compound name like *Dātamiθra-,[1] or an unabridged compound *Dātāma- from *Dāta-ama (literally to whom force is given).[2]

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Datamēs m sg (genitive Datamis); third declension

  1. A general and satrap of Cappadocia

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Datamēs
Genitive Datamis
Dative Datamī
Accusative Datamem
Ablative Datame
Vocative Datamēs

References

  • Datames in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Datames”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
  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 170
  2. Rüdiger Schmitt, "DATAMES" in Encyclopædia Iranica, December 15, 1994
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