Ἀτροπάτης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂eh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr
Proto-Indo-European *h₂eh₁ter-
Proto-Iranian *HáHtr̥š
Proto-Indo-European *peh₂-
Proto-Indo-European *-tós
Proto-Indo-European *peh₂-tó-s
Proto-Indo-Iranian *paHtás
Proto-Iranian *paHtáh
Proto-Iranian *HaHtr̥paHtah
Old Persian *Ātr̥pātahbor.
Ancient Greek Ἀτροπάτης

    Borrowed from Old Persian *Ātr̥pātah,[1][2] from Proto-Iranian *HaHtr̥paHtah, from *HáHtr̥š (“Fire; fire”) + *paHtáh (“protected”).

    Proper noun

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

    1. a male given name, Atropates, from Old Persian, notably borne by
      1. Atropates (a Persian nobleman of the 4th century BC who was satrap of Media under Darius III and retained control of northern Media (named after him Atropatian Media or simply Atropatia/Atropatene) following Alexander the Great's conquest)

    Inflection

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

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • Greek: Ατροπάτης (Atropátis)
    • Latin: Atropatēs

    References

    1. ^ Hinz, Walther (1975), “*ātrpāta”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)‎[1] (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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