σατράπης

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• σατράππης (satráppēs)
• σαδράπας (sadrápas)
• ἐξατράπης (exatrápēs)
• ἐξαιτράπης (exaitrápēs)
• ξατράπης (xatrápēs)

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Median *xšaθしーたrapāwan- (literally “kingdom-protector”), which is cognate with Old Persian 𐎧𐏁𐏂𐎱𐎠𐎺𐎠 (x-š-ç-p-a-v-a /⁠xšaçapāvā⁠/); see there for more.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /sa.trá.pɛːs/ → /saˈtra.pis/ → /saˈtra.pis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /sa.trá.pɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /saˈtra.pe̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /saˈtra.pis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /saˈtra.pis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /saˈtra.pis/

Noun

σしぐまᾰτράπης • (satrápēs) m (genitive σしぐまᾰτράπου); first declension

1. a satrap, title of a Persian viceroy or governor of a province (satrapy)
2. In general, of any governor or lord

Declension

First declension of ὁ σατράπης; τたうοおみくろんῦ σατράπου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ σατράπης ho satrápēs	τたうὼ σατράπᾱ tṑ satrápā	οおみくろんἱ σατράπαι hoi satrápai
Genitive	τたうοおみくろんῦ σατράπου toû satrápou	τたうοおみくろんῖνにゅー σατράπαιν toîn satrápain	τたうῶνにゅー σατραπῶνにゅー tôn satrapôn
Dative	τたうῷ σατράπῃ tôi satrápēi	τたうοおみくろんῖνにゅー σατράπαιν toîn satrápain	τたうοおみくろんῖς σατράπαις toîs satrápais
Accusative	τたうὸνにゅー σατράπην tòn satrápēn	τたうὼ σατράπᾱ tṑ satrápā	τたうοおみくろんὺς σατράπᾱς toùs satrápās
Vocative	σατράπη satrápē	σατράπᾱ satrápā	σατράπαι satrápai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• σατραπεία (satrapeía)

Descendants

• Aramaic:

  Classical Syriac: ܣܛܪܦܐ (saṭrāpā)

• Latin: satrapēs
• Old Armenian: սատրապ (satrap)
• Russian: сатра́п m (satráp)

Further reading

• “σατράπης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• σατράπης in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • governor idem, page 368.
  • satrap idem, page 734.
  • vicegerent idem, page 950.
  • viceroy idem, page 950.
• Schmitt, Rüdiger (2002) “Greece xii. Persian Loanwords and Names in Greek”, in Encyclopædia Iranica, online edition, New York, retrieved 2016-12-17
• Mackenzie, D. N. (1998) “ENGLISH i. Persian Elements in English”, in Encyclopædia Iranica, online edition, New York, retrieved 2016-12-17