Σαυρομάτης

Ancient Greek

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According to classical Greek authors, the Sarmatae owe the name to their typical red hair.[1]

Σαυρομᾰ́της • (Sauromátēs) m (genitive Σαυρομᾰ́του); first declension

First declension of ὁ Σαυρομᾰ́της; τοῦ Σαυρομᾰ́του (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ Σαυρομᾰ́της ho Sauromátēs	τὼ Σαυρομᾰ́τᾱ tṑ Sauromátā	οἱ Σαυρομᾰ́ται hoi Sauromátai
Genitive	τοῦ Σαυρομᾰ́του toû Sauromátou	τοῖν Σαυρομᾰ́ταιν toîn Sauromátain	τῶν Σαυρομᾰτῶν tôn Sauromatôn
Dative	τῷ Σαυρομᾰ́τῃ tôi Sauromátēi	τοῖν Σαυρομᾰ́ταιν toîn Sauromátain	τοῖς Σαυρομᾰ́ταις toîs Sauromátais
Accusative	τὸν Σαυρομᾰ́την tòn Sauromátēn	τὼ Σαυρομᾰ́τᾱ tṑ Sauromátā	τοὺς Σαυρομᾰ́τᾱς toùs Sauromátās
Vocative	Σαυρομᾰ́τᾰ Sauromáta	Σαυρομᾰ́τᾱ Sauromátā	Σαυρομᾰ́ται Sauromátai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

First declension of ὁ Σαυρομᾰ́της; τοῦ Σαυρομᾰ́τεω (Ionic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ Σαυρομᾰ́της ho Sauromátēs	τὼ Σαυρομᾰ́τᾱ tṑ Sauromátā	οἱ Σαυρομᾰ́ται hoi Sauromátai
Genitive	τοῦ Σαυρομᾰ́τεω / Σαυρομᾰ́τω toû Sauromáteō / Sauromátō	τοῖν Σαυρομᾰ́ταιν toîn Sauromátain	τῶν Σαυρομᾰτέων / Σαυρομᾰτῶν tôn Sauromatéōn / Sauromatôn
Dative	τῷ Σαυρομᾰ́τῃ tôi Sauromátēi	τοῖν Σαυρομᾰ́ταιν toîn Sauromátain	τοῖσῐ / τοῖσῐν Σαυρομᾰ́τῃσῐ / Σαυρομᾰ́τῃσῐν toîsi(n) Sauromátēisi(n)
Accusative	τὸν Σαυρομᾰ́την tòn Sauromátēn	τὼ Σαυρομᾰ́τᾱ tṑ Sauromátā	τοὺς Σαυρομᾰ́τᾱς toùs Sauromátās
Vocative	Σαυρομᾰ́τᾰ Sauromáta	Σαυρομᾰ́τᾱ Sauromátā	Σαυρομᾰ́ται Sauromátai
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

“Σαυρομάτης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,024
Σαυρομάτης in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette

Baumgarten, Siegmund Jakob, Beer, Ferdinand Wilhelm, Semler, Johann Salomo (1760) A Supplement to the English Universal History: Lately Published in London: Containing ... Remarks and Annotations on the Universal History, Designed as an Improvement and Illustration of that Work ...‎, E. Dilly, page 30

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