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Σπιθραδάτης

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Ancient Greek

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Old Persian *Spiθradātah.[1][2]

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Σπῐθρᾰδᾱ́της (Spithradā́tēsm (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

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Descendants

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  • Greek: Σπιθραδάτης (Spithradátis)
  • Latin: Spithradātēs

Further reading

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References

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  1. ^ Hinz, Walther (1975) “*spiθradāta”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)‎[1] (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 227
  2. ^ Tavernier, Jan (2007) “4.2.1600. *Spiθradāta < *Spiθradāta”, 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 314