Σαυρομάτης

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Σαρμᾰ́της (Sarmátēs), Σαμᾰ́της (Samátēs)

Etymology

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According to classical Greek authors, the Sarmatae owe the name to their typical red hair.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /sau̯.ro.má.tɛːs/ → /sa.βroˈma.tis/ → /sa.vroˈma.tis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /sau̯.ro.má.tɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /saw.roˈma.te̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /sa.βroˈma.tis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /sa.vroˈma.tis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /sa.vroˈma.tis/

Noun

Σαυρομᾰ́της • (Sauromátēs) m (genitive Σαυρομᾰ́του); first declension

1. a Sarmatian

Inflection

First declension of ὁ Σαυρομᾰ́της; τοῦ Σαυρομᾰ́του (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ Σαυρομᾰ́της ho Sauromátēs	τὼ Σαυρομᾰ́τᾱ tṑ Sauromátā	οἱ Σαυρομᾰ́ται hoi Sauromátai
Genitive	τοῦ Σαυρομᾰ́του toû Sauromátou	τοῖν Σαυρομᾰ́ταιν toîn Sauromátain	τῶν Σαυρομᾰτῶν tôn Sauromatôn
Dative	τῷ Σαυρομᾰ́τῃ tôi Sauromátēi	τοῖν Σαυρομᾰ́ταιν toîn Sauromátain	τοῖς Σαυρομᾰ́ταις toîs Sauromátais
Accusative	τὸν Σαυρομᾰ́την tòn Sauromátēn	τὼ Σαυρομᾰ́τᾱ tṑ Sauromátā	τοὺς Σαυρομᾰ́τᾱς toùs Sauromátās
Vocative	Σαυρομᾰ́τᾰ Sauromáta	Σαυρομᾰ́τᾱ Sauromátā	Σαυρομᾰ́ται Sauromátai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

First declension of ὁ Σαυρομᾰ́της; τοῦ Σαυρομᾰ́τεω (Ionic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ Σαυρομᾰ́της ho Sauromátēs	τὼ Σαυρομᾰ́τᾱ tṑ Sauromátā	οἱ Σαυρομᾰ́ται hoi Sauromátai
Genitive	τοῦ Σαυρομᾰ́τεω / Σαυρομᾰ́τω toû Sauromáteō / Sauromátō	τοῖν Σαυρομᾰ́ταιν toîn Sauromátain	τῶν Σαυρομᾰτέων / Σαυρομᾰτῶν tôn Sauromatéōn / Sauromatôn
Dative	τῷ Σαυρομᾰ́τῃ tôi Sauromátēi	τοῖν Σαυρομᾰ́ταιν toîn Sauromátain	τοῖσῐ / τοῖσῐν Σαυρομᾰ́τῃσῐ / Σαυρομᾰ́τῃσῐν toîsi(n) Sauromátēisi(n)
Accusative	τὸν Σαυρομᾰ́την tòn Sauromátēn	τὼ Σαυρομᾰ́τᾱ tṑ Sauromátā	τοὺς Σαυρομᾰ́τᾱς toùs Sauromátās
Vocative	Σαυρομᾰ́τᾰ Sauromáta	Σαυρομᾰ́τᾱ Sauromátā	Σαυρομᾰ́ται Sauromátai
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Derived terms

• Σαρμᾰτῐ́ᾱ (Sarmatíā)
• Σαρμᾰ́τισσᾰ (Sarmátissa)
• Σαυρομᾰτῐκός (Sauromatikós), Σαρμᾰτῐκός (Sarmatikós)
• Σαυρομᾰ́τῐς (Sauromátis)

Descendants

• Greek: Σαυρομάτης (Savromátis)

References

• “Σαυρομάτης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[2], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,024
• Σαυρομάτης in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette