Μιτραδάτης
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Ancient Greek
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Alternative forms
[edit]- Μιθραδάτης (Mithradátēs)
- Μιθριδάτης (Mithridátēs)
Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Old Persian *Miθradātah.[1][2]
Proper noun
[edit]Μιτραδᾱ́της • (Mitradā́tēs) m (genitive Μιτραδᾱ́του); first declension
- a male given name from Old Persian, equivalent to English Mitradates: Mitradates, a Median shepherd and foster father of Cyrus the Great
Inflection
[edit]| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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| Nominative | ὁ Μιτραδᾱ́της ho Mitradā́tēs | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ Μιτραδᾱ́του toû Mitradā́tou | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ Μιτραδᾱ́τῃ tôi Mitradā́tēi | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν Μιτραδᾱ́την tòn Mitradā́tēn | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Μιτραδᾶτᾰ Mitradâta | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
[edit]- Greek: Μιτραδάτης (Mitradátis)
- → Latin: Mitradātēs
References
[edit]- ^ Hinz, Walther (1975) “*miθradāta”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)[1] (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 167
- ^ 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
Further reading
[edit]- Μιτραδάτης in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
Categories:
- Ancient Greek terms borrowed from Old Persian
- Ancient Greek terms derived from Old Persian
- Ancient Greek lemmas
- Ancient Greek proper nouns
- Ancient Greek paroxytone terms
- Ancient Greek masculine proper nouns
- Ancient Greek first-declension proper nouns
- Ancient Greek masculine proper nouns in the first declension
- Ancient Greek masculine nouns
- Ancient Greek given names
- Ancient Greek male given names
- Ancient Greek male given names from Old Persian