Atropatene

== English == === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Latin Ātropatēnē or directly from Ancient Greek Ἀτροπατηνή (Atropatēnḗ), feminine of Ἀτροπατηνός (Atropatēnós), from Ἀτροπάτης (Atropátēs, “Atropates”) +‎ -ηνός (-ēnós). ==== Alternative forms ==== Atropatena ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˌætrəpəˈtiːni/ Rhymes: -iːni ==== Proper noun ==== Atropatene (historical) An ancient kingdom established by the satrap Atropates in the 4th century BC in northern Media (roughly corresponding to the modern-day region of Azerbaijan in northwestern Iran); later a satrapy of the Parthian and Sasanian empires. Synonyms: Atropatia; Atropatian Media; Atropatene Media; Media Atropatena, Media Atropatene; (Old Persian name) Ātṛpātakāna; (Middle Persian name) Ādurbādagān ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From Latin Atropatēnus, from Ancient Greek Ἀτροπατηνός (Atropatēnós), from Ἀτροπάτης (Atropátēs, “Atropates”) +‎ -ηνός (-ēnós). By surface analysis, Atropates +‎ -ene. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˌætɹəpəˈtiːn/ Rhymes: -iːn ==== Adjective ==== Atropatene (not comparable) Synonym of Atropatian ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Noun ==== Atropatene (plural Atropatenes) Synonym of Atropatian ===== Translations ===== === Related terms === === References === == Latin == === Alternative forms === Atropatēna === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from Ancient Greek Ἀτροπατηνή (Atropatēnḗ). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [aː.trɔ.paˈteː.neː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [a.tro.paˈtɛː.ne] === Proper noun === Ātropatēnē f sg (genitive Ātropatēnēs); first declension Atropatene (an ancient kingdom established by the satrap Atropates in the 4th century BC in northern Media (roughly corresponding to the modern-day region of Azerbaijan in northwestern Iran); later a satrapy of the Parthian and Sasanian empires.) Synonym: Atropatia Azerbaijan (region in Iran) (Contemporary Latin) Azerbaijan (country in the Caucasus) Synonyms: Azerbaigiania, (rare) Adrabigania ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun (feminine, Greek-type, nominative singular in -ē), with locative, singular only. ==== Descendants ==== → English: Atropatene === References === “Atropatene”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “Atropatene”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. == Portuguese == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin Ātropatēnē. === Proper noun === Atropatene f (historical) Atropatene (an ancient kingdom established by the satrap Atropates in the 4th century BC in northern Media (roughly corresponding to the modern-day region of Azerbaijan in northwestern Iran); later a satrapy of the Parthian and Sasanian empires.)