Νιφάτης
From LSJ
οὐκ ἔστι λέουσι καὶ ἀνδράσιν ὅρκια πιστά → there are no pacts between lions and men, between lions and men there are no oaths of faith, there can be no covenants between men and lions
Russian (Dvoretsky)
Νῐφάτης: ου (ᾱ) ὁ Нифат (горная цепь в древней Армении, вост. продолжение Тавра к оз. Ван) Plut.
Greco-Persian Names
Hypc. form based upon APers. napāt, grandson, Av. napāt (NPers. nava), Skt. napāt + suffix a; perhaps connected with Apam Napat, genius of the waters; cf. Justi, NB. 229; Bthl., Wb. 1039; also Ἀπάμα.
