Μιθραδάτης

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Ancient Greek[edit]

English Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Old Median *Miθradāta (literally created/given by Mithra).[1][2]

Proper noun[edit]

Μιθραδᾱ́της (Mithradā́tēsm (genitive Μιθραδᾱ́του); first declension

  1. a male given name from Old Median, equivalent to English Mithradates: Mithradates

Inflection[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Greek: Μιθραδάτης (Mithradátis)
  • Latin: Mithradātēs

References[edit]

  1. ^ Hinz, Walther (1975) “*miθradāta”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)‎[1] (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 167
  2. ^ Tavernier, Jan (2007) “4.2.1109. *Miθradāta-”, in Iranica in the Achaemenid Period (ca. 550–330 B.C.): Lexicon of Old Iranian Proper Names and Loanwords, Attested in Non-Iranian Texts, Peeters Publishers, →ISBN, page 249