Latin edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Ancient Greek μίθραξ (míthrax).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

mithrax m (genitive mithracis); third declension

  1. A Persian gem, perhaps the opal

Declension edit

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative mithrax mithracēs
Genitive mithracis mithracum
Dative mithracī mithracibus
Accusative mithracem mithracēs
Ablative mithrace mithracibus
Vocative mithrax mithracēs

References edit

  • mithrax”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • mithrax in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.