Μιθραῖος
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- Μιτραῖος (Mitraîos)
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Median *Miθraya[1][2]
Proper noun
Μιθραῖος • (Mithraîos) m (genitive Μιθραῖου); first declension
- A male given name from Old Median: Mithraeus
Inflection
Second declension of ὁ Μιθραῖος; τοῦ Μιθραίου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ Μιθραῖος ho Mithraîos | ||||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ Μιθραίου toû Mithraíou | ||||||||||||
Dative | τῷ Μιθραίῳ tôi Mithraíōi | ||||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν Μιθραῖον tòn Mithraîon | ||||||||||||
Vocative | Μιθραῖε Mithraîe | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: Μιθραῖος (Mithraῖos)
- → Latin: Mithraeus
References
- Hinz, Walther (1975) , “*miθraya-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3) (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 168
- Tavernier, Jan (2007) , “4.2.1126. *Miθraya-”, 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 253