Megabates

Latin

Alternative forms

• Bagapatēs

Etymology

From Old Persian *Bagapātah via Ancient Greek Μεγαβάτης (Megabátēs).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /meˈɡa.ba.teːs/, [mɛˈɡäbät̪eːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /meˈɡa.ba.tes/, [meˈɡäːbät̪es]

Proper noun

Megabatēs m sg (genitive Megabatis); third declension

1. A Persian general, who sieged the island of Naxos

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Megabatēs
genitive	Megabatis
dative	Megabatī
accusative	Megabatem
ablative	Megabate
vocative	Megabatēs

References

• “Megabates”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
• Rüdiger Schmitt, "MEGABATES" in Encyclopædia Iranica, January 1, 2000