Meaning of satrapa | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A satrap; a governor of a province, a viceroy among the Persians.
   declension-1, masculine
2. Any barbarian ruler.
   Medieval-Latin, broadly, declension-1, masculine

Examples

“Tristior immensis satrapae clamoribus inquit ... Sorrowfully she, with boundless cries, spoke to the ruler [Attila] ...”

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

“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 ...

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