satrapes Latin · revision 32839

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=190–159 BC, Terence|origins=grc σατράπης}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ˈsa.tra.peːs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ˈsaː.tra.pes]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''satrapēs''' ''m'' (genitive satrapis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

+ It also appears as ''satrapa'' and ''satraps'';^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Nepos has the genitive ''satrapis''.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|grc|σατράπης|tr=satrápēs|t=satrap]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Köbler 2010)^(Lewis & Short 1879) The Greek word comes from a Persian title; the OLD compares [[sa|क्षत्रम्|tr=kṣatrám]] and [[sa|पति|tr=páti]], and Köbler links it with the Persian word for rule.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler dates it from Terence, who has the form ⟨satrapa⟩.^(Köbler 2010)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is a Persian provincial governor, a satrap, in Nepos, Curtius and Ammianus.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) The Vulgate uses it more generally of a ruler, as the lords of the Philistines.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Pliny the Elder and Curtius have the derivative ⟨satrapīa⟩, a satrap's province.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Church Latin glosses it governor, viceroy, satrap.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 190–159 BC – Terence has ⟨satrapa⟩.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 100–24 BC – Nepos of Persian governors.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 390–406 AD – The Vulgate of the lords of the Philistines.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A Persian provincial governor, a [[m|en|satrap]], viceroy.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # ''(Late Latin)'' A ruler, lord.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}