Μιθραύστης

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Μιθρώστης (Mithrṓstēs)

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Persian *Miθravahištah.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /mi.tʰrǎu̯s.tɛːs/ → /miˈθraɸs.tis/ → /miˈθrafs.tis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /mi.tʰrǎu̯s.tɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /miˈtʰraʍs.te̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /miˈθraɸs.tis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /miˈθrafs.tis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /miˈθrafs.tis/

Proper noun

Μιθραύστης • (Mithraústēs) m (genitive Mιθραύστου); first declension

1. a male given name from Old Persian: Mithraustes, commander of the Armenian soldiers in the Achaemenid army at the Battle of Gaugamela

Inflection

First declension of ὁ Μιθραύστης; τοῦ Μιθραύστου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Μιθραύστης ho Mithraústēs
Genitive	τοῦ Μιθραύστου toû Mithraústou
Dative	τῷ Μιθραύστῃ tôi Mithraústēi
Accusative	τὸν Μιθραύστην tòn Mithraústēn
Vocative	Μιθραῦστᾰ Mithraûsta
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Μιθραύστης (Mithráfstis)
• → Latin: Mithraustēs

Further reading

• Justi, Ferdinand (1895) “Miþrawahišta”, in Iranisches Namenbuch‎^[2] (in German), Marburg: N. G. Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, pages 216b-217a