Μεγαβάτης

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Persian *Bagapātah.[1][2]

Pronunciation
 

Proper noun

Μεγᾰβάτης • (Megabátēs) m (genitive Μεγᾰβάτου); first declension

  1. a male given name from Old Persian: Megabates

Inflection
First declension of ὁ Μεγαβάτης; τοῦ Μεγαβάτου (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ὁ Μεγαβάτης
ho Megabátēs
Genitive τοῦ Μεγαβάτου
toû Megabátou
Dative τῷ Μεγαβάτῃ
tôi Megabátēi
Accusative τὸν Μεγαβάτην
tòn Megabátēn
Vocative Μεγαβάτᾰ
Megabáta
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants
  • Greek: Μεγαβάτης (Megavátis)
  • → Latin: Megabatēs

References
  1. Rüdiger Schmitt, "MEGABATES" in Encyclopædia Iranica, January 1, 2000
  2. 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 137

Further reading
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,016
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.