Μιθραύστης

Ancient Greek

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Μιθραύστης (Mithraústēsm (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

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Descendants

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  • Greek: Μιθραύστης (Mithráfstis)
  • Latin: Mithraustēs

Further reading

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References

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  1. ^ Hinz, Walther (1975) “*miθrāvahišta-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)‎[1] (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 303
  2. ^ 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