Μιθραύστης
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- Μιθρώστης (Mithrṓstēs)
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Persian *Miθravahištah.[1][2]
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /mi.tʰrǎu̯s.tɛːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /miˈtʰraʍs.te̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /miˈθraɸs.tis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /miˈθrafs.tis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /miˈθrafs.tis/
Proper noun
Μιθραύστης • (Mithraústēs) m (genitive Mιθραύστου); first declension
- a male given name from Old Persian: Mithraustes, commander of the Armenian soldiers in the Achaemenid army at the Battle of Gaugamela
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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| Nominative | ὁ Μιθραύστης ho Mithraústēs | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ Μιθραύστου toû Mithraústou | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ Μιθραύστῃ tôi Mithraústēi | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν Μιθραύστην tòn Mithraústēn | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Μιθραῦστᾰ Mithraûsta | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: Μιθραύστης (Mithráfstis)
- → Latin: Mithraustēs
Further reading
- Justi, Ferdinand (1895) “Miþrawahišta”, in Iranisches Namenbuch (in German), Marburg: N. G. Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, pages 216b-217a
References
- Hinz, Walther (1975) “*miθrāvahišta-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3) (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 303
- Tavernier, Jan (2007) “4.2.1122. *Miθrāvahišta-”, 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 252
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