Μιθροβαυζάνης

Μιθροβαυζάνης

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Μιθραβαυζάνης (Mithrabauzánēs)
• Μιθροβουζάνης (Mithrobouzánēs)

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Persian *Miθrabaujanaʰ (literally “to whom Mithra bestows benefit”)[1][2].

Proper noun

Μιθροβαυζάνης • (Mithrobauzánēs) m (genitive Μιθροβαυζάνους or Μιθροβαυζάνου); third declension

1. a male given name from Old Persian: Mithrobauzanes

Inflection

As a third-declension noun:

Third declension of ὁ Μιθροβαυζάνης; τοῦ Μιθροβαυζάνους (contracted, Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Μιθροβαυζάνης ho Mithrobauzánēs
Genitive	τοῦ Μιθροβαυζάνους toû Mithrobauzánous
Dative	τῷ Μιθροβαυζάνει tôi Mithrobauzánei
Accusative	τὸν Μιθροβαυζάνη tòn Mithrobauzánē
Vocative	Μιθροβαύζανες Mithrobaúzanes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

As a second-declension noun:

First declension of ὁ Μιθροβαυζάνης; τοῦ Μιθροβαυζάνου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Μιθροβαυζάνης ho Mithrobauzánēs
Genitive	τοῦ Μιθροβαυζάνου toû Mithrobauzánou
Dative	τῷ Μιθροβαυζάνῃ tôi Mithrobauzánēi
Accusative	τὸν Μιθροβαυζάνην tòn Mithrobauzánēn
Vocative	Μιθροβαυζάνη Mithrobauzánē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Μιθροβαυζάνης (Mithrovavzánis)
• → Latin: Mithrobauzanēs

References

1. Hinz, Walther (1975), “*miθrabauǰana-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3) (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 167
2. Tavernier, Jan (2007), “4.2.1105. *Miθrabaujana-”, 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

Further reading

• Μιθροβαυζάνης in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette