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Satrapes

Satrapes · m

a governor of a province

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What it meant

1. sătrăpes — Lewis & Short

sătrăpes, sătraps, is, and sătră-pa, ae (m., = satra/phs [Persian; cf. Gesenius, under ],

plur. satrapae),
I a governor of a province, a viceroy among the Persians, a satrap; nom. satrapes, Nep. Paus. 1, 2; id. Alcib. 10, 3; Curt. 8, 4, 21: satrapa, Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 43; Curt. 3, 13, 1; Amm. 18, 6, 20: satraps, Sid. Carm. 2, 78; Alcim. 6, 392.—Gen. satrapis, Nep. Lys. 4, 1.—Acc. satrapen, Nep. Con. 2, 1: satrapam, Curt. 3, 13, 1.—Plur. nom. satrapae, Nep. Dat. 3, 1; id. Ages. 2, 2; Vulg. Dan. 6, 6: satrapes, App. Mund. 26.—Gen. satraparum, Plin. 6, 26, 30, § 119.—Acc. satrapas, Sid. Carm. 9, 50; Vulg. Esth. 3, 12.—Dat. satrapis, Vulg. 1 Reg. 29, 6.—Abl. satrapibus, Jul. Val. Rer. Gest. Alex. 2, 21.—Hence, gen., a ruler: satrapae Philistinorum, Vulg. Jud. 3, 3; id. 2 Par. 9, 14.—Hence, satră-pĭa or satrăpēa, ae, f., = satrapeia, the office or province of a satrap, a satrapy, Plin. 6, 20, 23, § 78; Curt. 5, 1, 44; 6, 2, 5.

2. Satrapés — Walde–Hofmann

Satrapés (-@) m. ,persischer Statthalter, Satrap“ (seit Ter., satrapea „Satrapie* seit Curt, satrapicus mlt. [ALL. 9,80]: — end. aus gr. Gatpdımg ds., satrapea aus gr. oatparelä, dies aus ap. rfadrapävan- regni tütor' (w3adra- „Herrschaft* — ai. ksatrám und *pa(y)- „beschützen“ = ai. pti). — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. Satrapés, p. 1388]

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6 of 11 attestations shown.

Where it came from

  • Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. Satrapés (scan p. 1388; entry #2440).

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