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Μεγαβάτης

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Ancient Greek

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Persian *Bagapātah.[1][2]

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Μεγᾰβάτης (Megabátēsm (genitive Μεγᾰβάτου); first declension

  1. a male given name from Old Persian, equivalent to English Megabates
    1. a cousin of Darius the Great, satrap of Dascylitis and father of Seisamas and Megabazos
    2. a commander of the Achaemenid fleet
    3. an inhabitant of Halicarnassus
    4. a son of the rebellious general Spithridates and lover of Agesilaus of Sparta
    5. a hyparch of king Artapates of Armenia
    6. a brother of Vardanes I

Inflection

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Descendants

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  • Greek: Μεγαβάτης (Megavátis)
  • Latin: Megabatēs

References

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  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

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  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,016