Μιθροπαύστης

Ancient Greek edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Old Persian *Miθraupastah.[1][2]

Pronunciation edit

 

Proper noun edit

Μιθροπαύστης (Mithropaústēsm (genitive Μιθροπαύστου); first declension

  1. a male given name from Old Persian: Mithropaustes, a cousin of Xerxes I

Inflection edit

Descendants edit

  • Greek: Μιθροπαύστης (Mithropáfstis)
  • Latin: Mithropaustēs

Further reading edit

  • Justi, Ferdinand (1895) “Μιθροπαύστης”, in Iranisches Namenbuch[2] (in German), Marburg: N. G. Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 216b

References edit

  1. ^ Hinz, Walther (1975) “*miθraupastā-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)‎[1] (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 160
  2. ^ Tavernier, Jan (2007) “4.2.1122. *Miθraupastā-”, 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