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
• Greek: Ατροπατήνη (Atropatíni)
• Persian: آذربایجان‎ (fa) (Azarbâyejân)

• Portuguese: Atropatene (pt) f
• Russian: Атропате́на (ru) f (Atropaténa)
• Turkish: Atropatena, Medya Atropatena

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Latin

Pronunciation

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

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.

Case	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