Μιθροπαύστης

Μιθροπαύστης

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Μιθρωπάστης (Mithrōpástēs)

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Persian *Miθraupastāʰ.[1][2]

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /mi.tʰro.pǎu̯s.tɛːs/ → /mi.θroˈpaɸs.tis/ → /mi.θroˈpafs.tis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /mi.tʰro.pǎu̯s.tɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /mi.tʰroˈpaʍs.te̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /mi.θroˈpaɸs.tis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /mi.θroˈpafs.tis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /mi.θroˈpafs.tis/

Proper noun

Μιθροπαύστης • (Mithropaústēs) m (genitive Μιθροπαύστου); first declension

1. a male given name from Old Persian: Mithropaustes, a cousin of Xerxes I

Inflection

First declension of ὁ Μιθροπαύστης; τοῦ Μιθροπαύστου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Μιθροπαύστης ho Mithropaústēs
Genitive	τοῦ Μιθροπαύστου toû Mithropaústou
Dative	τῷ Μιθροπαύστῃ tôi Mithropaústēi
Accusative	τὸν Μιθροπαύστην tòn Mithropaústēn
Vocative	Μιθροπαῦστᾰ Mithropaûsta
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Μιθροπαύστης (Mithropáfstis)
• → Latin: Mithropaustēs

Further reading

• Justi, Ferdinand (1895), “Μιθροπαύστης”, in Iranisches Namenbuch (in German), Marburg: N. G. Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 216b

References

1. Hinz, Walther (1975), “*miθraupastā-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3) (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 160
2. Tavernier, Jan (2007), “4.2.1122. *Miθraupastā-”, 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 252