Σπιθραδάτης

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Σπιθριδάτης (Spithridátēs)

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Persian *Spiθradātah.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /spi.tʰra.dǎː.tɛːs/ → /spi.θraˈða.tis/ → /spi.θraˈða.tis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /spi.tʰra.dǎː.tɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /spi.tʰraˈda.te̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /spi.θraˈða.tis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /spi.θraˈða.tis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /spi.θraˈða.tis/

Proper noun

Σπῐθρᾰδᾱ́της • (Spithradā́tēs) m (genitive Σπῐθρᾰδᾱ́του); first declension

1. a male given name from Old Persian: Spithradates
   1. an Achaemenid military officer send by Darius II to quell the rebellion of Pissuthnes

Inflection

First declension of ὁ Σπῐθρᾰδᾱ́της; τοῦ Σπῐθρᾰδᾱ́του (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Σπῐθρᾰδᾱ́της ho Spithradā́tēs
Genitive	τοῦ Σπῐθρᾰδᾱ́του toû Spithradā́tou
Dative	τῷ Σπῐθρᾰδᾱ́τῃ tôi Spithradā́tēi
Accusative	τὸν Σπῐθρᾰδᾱ́την tòn Spithradā́tēn
Vocative	Σπῐθρᾰδᾶτᾰ Spithradâta
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Σπιθραδάτης (Spithradátis)
• → Latin: Spithradātēs

Further reading

• Justi, Ferdinand (1895) “Σπιθραδάτης”, in Iranisches Namenbuch‎^[2] (in German), Marburg: N. G. Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 310a
• Σπιθραδάτης in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette