Σπιθριδάτης

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Σπιθραδάτης (Spithradátēs)

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Persian *Spiθradātah.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /spi.tʰri.dǎː.tɛːs/ → /spi.θriˈða.tis/ → /spi.θriˈða.tis/

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

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Proper noun

Σπῐθρῐδᾱ́της • (Spĭthrĭdā́tēs) m (genitive Σπῐθρῐδᾱ́του); first declension

1. a male given name, Spithridates, from Old Persian
   1. an Achaemenid general who revolted against Pharnabazus II
   2. brother of Rhosaces and satrap of Lydia and Ionia who smashed Alexander the Great's helmet at the Battle of the Granicus

Inflection

First declension of ὁ Σπῐθρῐδᾱ́της; τοῦ Σπῐθρῐδᾱ́του (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Σπῐθρῐδᾱ́της ho Spĭthrĭdā́tēs
Genitive	τοῦ Σπῐθρῐδᾱ́του toû Spĭthrĭdā́tou
Dative	τῷ Σπῐθρῐδᾱ́τῃ tôi Spĭthrĭdā́tēi
Accusative	τὸν Σπῐθρῐδᾱ́την tòn Spĭthrĭdā́tēn
Vocative	Σπῐθρῐδᾶτᾰ Spĭthrĭdâtă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Σπιθριδάτης (Spithridátis)
• → Latin: Spithridātēs

Further reading

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