Βαγαπάτης
Ancient Greek
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- Μεγαβάτης (Megabátēs)
Etymology
[edit]From Old Persian *Bagapātah.[1][2][3]
Proper noun
[edit]Βαγαπάτης • (Bagapátēs) m (genitive Βαγαπάτου); first declension
- a male given name from Old Persian, equivalent to English Bagapates
- a eunuch of Cyrus the Great, Cambyses II and Darius the Great
- beheader of Cyrus the Younger
Inflection
[edit]| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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| Nominative | ὁ Βαγαπάτης ho Bagapátēs | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ Βαγαπάτου toû Bagapátou | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ Βαγαπάτῃ tôi Bagapátēi | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν Βαγαπάτην tòn Bagapátēn | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Βαγαπάτᾰ Bagapáta | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Rüdiger Schmitt, "MEGABATES" in Encyclopædia Iranica, January 1, 2000
- ^ Hinz, Walther (1975) “*bagapāta-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)[1] (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 58
- ^ Tavernier, Jan (2007) “4.2.275. *Bagapāta-”, 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 137
Further reading
[edit]- Βαγαπάτης in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
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- Ancient Greek terms borrowed from Old Persian
- Ancient Greek terms derived from Old Persian
- Ancient Greek lemmas
- Ancient Greek proper nouns
- Ancient Greek paroxytone terms
- Ancient Greek masculine proper nouns
- Ancient Greek first-declension proper nouns
- Ancient Greek masculine proper nouns in the first declension
- Ancient Greek masculine nouns
- Ancient Greek given names
- Ancient Greek male given names
- Ancient Greek male given names from Old Persian
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