satrapa

• satrap

• IPA^(key): [ˈsatrapa]
• Hyphenation: sa‧t‧ra‧pa

satrapa m anim

1. satrap

• “satrapa”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “satrapa”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

• satrapēs
• satraps

From Ancient Greek σατράπης (satrápēs).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈsa.tra.pa/, [ˈs̠ät̪räpä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsa.tra.pa/, [ˈsäːt̪räpä]

satrapa m (genitive satrapae); first declension

1. A satrap; a governor of a province, a viceroy among the Persians.
2. (Medieval Latin, by extension) Any barbarian ruler.
   • 9th or 10th century, uncertain author, Waltharius lines 371 and 1126:

     Tristior immensis satrapae clamoribus inquit ...

     Sorrowfully she, with boundless cries, spoke to the ruler [Attila] ...

     Laudat consilium satrapa et complectitur illum ...

     The ruler [Gunther] praised the plan, and embraced him ...

   • c. 1200, Saxo Grammaticus, Gesta Danorum, book 1 chapter 3.2:

     In quo annorum uirtutisque procursu ob Aluildam, quam summe pulchritudinis intuitu postulabat, cum Scato, Allemanie satrapa, eiusdem puelle competitore, Theotonum Danorumque exercitu inspectante ex prouocationa dimicauit ...

     As [Skioldus'] age and virtue increased, he, as he sought the hand of Alvild in view of her great beauty, challenged his rival suitor Skat, the ruler of the Alemanni, to single combat before the eyes of the Teutonic and Danish armies ...

First-declension noun.

• satrapia / satrapēa

• satrapa in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Learned borrowing from Latin satrapa (“governor”), from Ancient Greek σατράπης (satrápēs), from Old Median *xšaθrapāwan- (literally “kingdom-protector”).

• IPA^(key): /saˈtra.pa/

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• Rhymes: -apa
• Syllabification: sa‧tra‧pa

satrapa m pers (female equivalent satrapka)

1. (historical) satrap (governor of a Persian province)
2. despot, tyrant (oppressive and harsh person)

   Synonyms: despota, tyran

• satrapa in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• satrapa in Polish dictionaries at PWN