Μιθραδάτης
Ancient Greek edit
Alternative forms edit
- Μιτραδάτης (Mitradátēs)
- Μιθριδάτης (Mithridátēs)
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Old Median *Miθradāta (literally “created/given by Mithra”).[1][2]
Proper noun edit
Μιθραδᾱ́της • (Mithradā́tēs) m (genitive Μιθραδᾱ́του); first declension
- a male given name from Old Median, equivalent to English Mithradates: Mithradates
Inflection edit
Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ Μιθραδᾱ́της ho Mithradā́tēs | ||||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ Μιθραδᾱ́του toû Mithradā́tou | ||||||||||||
Dative | τῷ Μιθραδᾱ́τῃ tôi Mithradā́tēi | ||||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν Μιθραδᾱ́την tòn Mithradā́tēn | ||||||||||||
Vocative | Μιθραδᾶτᾰ Mithradâta | ||||||||||||
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Descendants edit
- Greek: Μιθραδάτης (Mithradátis)
- → Latin: Mithradātēs
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