Δατάμης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Of disputed etymology. Either borrowed from Old Persian *Dātamah, or from *Dātāmah.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /da.tá.mɛːs/ → /ðaˈta.mis/ → /ðaˈta.mis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /da.tá.mɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /daˈta.me̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ðaˈta.mis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ðaˈta.mis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ðaˈta.mis/

Proper noun

Δᾰτᾰ́μης • (Datámēs) m (genitive Δᾰτᾰ́μου); third declension

1. a male given name: Datames, satrap of Cappadocia

Inflection

First declension of ὁ Δᾰτᾰ́μης; τοῦ Δᾰτᾰ́μου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Δᾰτᾰ́μης ho Datámēs
Genitive	τοῦ Δᾰτᾰ́μου toû Datámou
Dative	τῷ Δᾰτᾰ́μῃ tôi Datámēi
Accusative	τὸν Δᾰτᾰ́μην tòn Datámēn
Vocative	Δᾰτᾰ́μη Datámē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Δατάμης (Datámis)
• → Latin: Datamēs
  • → English: Datames

Further reading

• Δατάμης in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)