Datames
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See also: datâmes
Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Δατάμης (Datámēs), itself from Old Iranian *Dātama- or *Dātāma-, itself either a two-stem shortened form *Dāta-m-a-, a two-stem hypocoristic of compound name like *Dātamiθra-,[1] or an unabridged compound *Dātāma- from *Dāta-ama (literally “to whom force is given”).[2]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈda.ta.meːs/, [ˈd̪ät̪ämeːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈda.ta.mes/, [ˈd̪äːt̪ämes]
Proper noun[edit]
Datamēs m sg (genitive Datamis); third declension
- A general and satrap of Cappadocia
Declension[edit]
Third-declension noun, singular only.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | Datamēs |
Genitive | Datamis |
Dative | Datamī |
Accusative | Datamem |
Ablative | Datame |
Vocative | Datamēs |
References[edit]
- Datames in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Datames”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
- ^ 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 170
- ^ Rüdiger Schmitt, "DATAMES" in Encyclopædia Iranica, December 15, 1994
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