Μιθριδάτης

Μιθριδάτης

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Μιτραδάτης (Mitradátēs)
• Μιθραδάτης (Mithradátēs)

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Median *Miθridāta (literally “given by Mithra”)[1].

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /mi.tʰri.dǎː.tɛːs/ → /mi.θriˈða.tis/ → /mi.θriˈða.tis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /mi.tʰri.dǎː.tɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /mi.tʰriˈda.te̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /mi.θriˈða.tis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /mi.θriˈða.tis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /mi.θriˈða.tis/

Proper noun

Μιθριδᾱ́της • (Mithridā́tēs) m (genitive Μιθριδᾱ́του); first declension

1. a male given name from Old Median, equivalent to English Mithridates: Mithridates

Inflection

First declension of ὁ Μιθριδᾱ́της; τοῦ Μιθριδᾱ́του (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Μιθριδᾱ́της ho Mithridā́tēs
Genitive	τοῦ Μιθριδᾱ́του toû Mithridā́tou
Dative	τῷ Μιθριδᾱ́τῃ tôi Mithridā́tēi
Accusative	τὸν Μιθριδᾱ́την tòn Mithridā́tēn
Vocative	Μιθριδᾶτᾰ Mithridâta
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Μιθριδᾱτῐκός (Mithridātikós)

Descendants

• Greek: Μιθριδάτης (Mithridátis)
  • → Latin: Mithridātēs
    • → English: Mithridates
    • → French: Mithridate
    • → Italian: Mitridate
    • → Portuguese: Mitrídates
    • → Spanish: Mitrídates

References

1. Hinz, Walther (1975), “*miθridāta”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3) (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 168

Further reading

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,017