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Gender Masculine
Usage Old Persian (Hellenized)
Scripts Σπιθριδάτης(Ancient Greek) 𒂠𒉿𒊑𒁕𒀀𒋫(Late Babylonian)
Meaning & History
Hellenized form of Old Persian *Spiθradātah, possibly meaning "given by heaven", from Old Persian *spiθrah “heaven” and 𐎭𐎠𐎫 (d-a-t) "given, created". This was the name of a Persian satrap of Lydia and Ionia under the high king Darius III Codomannus.