Μιθραδάτης
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- Μιτραδάτης (Mitradátēs)
- Μιθριδάτης (Mithridátēs)
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Median *Miθradāta (literally “created/given by Mithra”)[1][2].
Proper noun
Μιθραδᾱ́της • (Mithradā́tēs) m (genitive Μιθραδᾱ́του); first declension
- A male given name from Old Median, equivalent to English Mithradates: Mithradates
Inflection
First declension of ὁ Μιθραδᾱ́της; τοῦ Μιθραδᾱ́του (Attic)
| 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
- Greek: Μιθραδάτης (Mithradátis)
- → Latin: Mithradātēs
References
- Hinz, Walther (1975) , “*miθradāta”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3) (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