satrapia

Forms

satrapīa f (genitive satrapīae); first declension^[1][2] Curtius uses the form satrapēa.^[2][3][4]

Etymology

It is borrowed from Ancient Greek σατραπεία (satrapeía),^[1][2][4][5] the Greek word for the office of a satrapēs.^[4][1]

Earliest recorded meaning

Köbler finds it first in Curtius,^[4] who uses the form satrapēa several times.^[2][3]

Semantic evolution

Pliny the Elder uses the form satrapīa,^[2][3] as does Julius Valerius in the 4th century.^[2][4] It survives in Italian satrapia.^[6]

Timeline

• 1st century AD – Curtius uses the form satrapēa.^[2][4]
• 23/24–79 AD – Pliny the Elder uses the form satrapīa.^[2][3][4]
• 4th century AD – Julius Valerius uses it.^[2][4]

Meanings

Noun

1. The office or province of a satrap, a satrapy.^[1][2][3]

References

1. ^ a b c d Glare, P. G. W., ed. (2012), Oxford Latin Dictionary, 2nd ed., Oxford: Oxford University Press
2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Georges, Karl Ernst (1913–1918), Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th ed., ed. Heinrich Georges, Hannover; Leipzig: Hahn
3. ^ a b c d e Gaffiot, Félix (2016), Dictionnaire latin-français, new ed. by Gérard Gréco et al. (Gaffiot 2016), online ed.
4. ^ a b c d e f g h Köbler, Gerhard (2010), Lateinisches Abkunfts- und Wirkungswörterbuch für Altertum und Mittelalter, online ed., koeblergerhard.de
5. ^ Saalfeld, Günther Alexander (1874), Index Graecorum vocabulorum in linguam latinam translatorum, Berlin: Weidmann
6. ^ Conte, Gian Biagio; Pianezzola, Emilio; Ranucci, Giuliano (2010), il Latino: Vocabolario della lingua latina, 3rd ed., Florence: Le Monnier