Atropatene

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἀτροπατηνή (Atropatēnḗ).

Proper noun

Atropatene

1. (historical) An ancient kingdom established in the 4th century BC in modern-day Iranian Azerbaijan by the satrap Atropates.
2. a satrapy of later Parthian and Sasanian empires; Aturpatakan; Adurbadagan; Atrapatakan

Derived terms

• Atropatenid
• Media Atropatene

Translations

ancient kingdom

• Armenian: Ատրպատական (Atrpatakan)
• Azerbaijani: Atropatena, Adurbadaqan, Atropat Midiyası
• Georgian: ატროპატენა (aṭroṗaṭena)
• Greek: Ατροπατήνη (Atropatíni)
• Italian: Atropatene f
• Lithuanian: Atropatena f, Atropatėnė f
• Persian: آذربایجان (fa) (azarbâyejân)
• Portuguese: Atropatene (pt) f
• Russian: Атропате́на (ru) f (Atropaténa)
• Turkish: Atropatena, Medya Atropatena

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /aː.tro.paˈteː.neː/, [äːt̪rɔpäˈt̪eːneː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a.tro.paˈte.ne/, [ät̪ropäˈt̪ɛːne]

Proper noun

Ātropatēnē f sg (genitive Ātropatēnēs); first declension

1. Atropatene (ancient kingdom)
2. (New Latin) Azerbaijan (modern country)

Declension

First-declension noun (Greek-type), with locative, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Ātropatēnē
genitive	Ātropatēnēs
dative	Ātropatēnae
accusative	Ātropatēnēn
ablative	Ātropatēnē
vocative	Ātropatēnē
locative	Ātropatēnae

Synonyms

• (modern country) Adrabigania, Azerbaigiania

References

• “Atropatene”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Atropatene in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Ātropatēnē. Doublet of Azerbaijão.

Proper noun

Atropatene f

1. Atropatene (an ancient kingdom in Persia)