satrapes

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

sătrăpes, sătraps, is, and sătră-pa, ae (plur. satrapae), m., = σατράπης [Persian; cf. Gesenius, under ],

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. 452; 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.

II —Hence, satră-pĭa or satrăpēa , ae, f., = σατραπεια, the office or province of a satrap , a satrapy , Plin. 6, 20, 23, § 78; Curt. 5, 1, 44; 6, 2, 5.