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)
• Azeri: Atropatena, Adurbadaqan, Atropat Midiyası
• Greek: Ατροπατήνη (Atropatíni)

• Persian: آذربایجان‏‎ (fa) (Azarbâyejân)
• Russian: Атропате́на f (Atropaténa)
• Turkish: Atropatena, Medya Atropatena

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /aː.tro.paˈteː.neː/, [aː.trɔ.paˈteː.neː]

Proper noun

Ātropatēnē f (genitive Ātropatēnēs); first declension

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

Inflection

First declension, Greek type, with locative.

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 Félix Gaffiot’s Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette (1934)