Megabates

Latin

Alternative forms

• Βαγαπάτης (Bagapátēs)

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Μεγαβάτης (Megabátēs), itself from Old Persian *𐎲𐎥𐎱𐎠𐎫 (*Baga-pāta-, literally “Protected by the gods”) or Old Iranian *Bagapāta- (literally “protected by God”).

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.

Case	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