Σπιταμένης

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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Borrowed from an early Sogdian cognate of Old Persian *Spitamanaʰ (with a pure mind).[1][2]

Proper noun

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Σπιταμένης (Spitaménēsm (genitive Σπιταμένου); ? declension

  1. a male given name from Sogdian: Spitamenes, Sogdian warlord

Inflection

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Descendants

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  • Greek: Σπιταμένης (Spitaménis)
  • Latin: Spitamenēs

References

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  1. ^ Hinz, Walther (1975) “*spitamanah-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)‎[1] (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 227
  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 314