Μιθρώστης
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- Μητρώστης (Mētrṓstēs)
- Μιθραύστης (Mithraústēs)
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Persian *Miθrāvahištaʰ (“the best through Mithra”).[1][2]
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /mi.tʰrɔ̌ːs.tɛːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /miˈtʰros.te̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /miˈθros.tis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /miˈθros.tis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /miˈθros.tis/
Proper noun
Μιθρώστης • (Mithrṓstēs) m (genitive Μιθρώστου); first declension
- a male given name from Old Persian: Mithrostes, son of the satrap Hidarnes III executed under the orders of Parysatis
Inflection
First declension of ὁ Μιθρώστης; τοῦ Μιθρώστου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ Μιθρώστης ho Mithrṓstēs | ||||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ Μιθρώστου toû Mithrṓstou | ||||||||||||
Dative | τῷ Μιθρώστῃ tôi Mithrṓstēi | ||||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν Μιθρώστην tòn Mithrṓstēn | ||||||||||||
Vocative | Μιθρῶστᾰ Mithrôsta | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: Μιθρώστης (Mithróstis)
- → Latin: Mithrōstēs
Further reading
- Justi, Ferdinand (1895), “Miþrawahišta”, in Iranisches Namenbuch (in German), Marburg: N. G. Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 216b-217a
References
- Hinz, Walther (1975), “*miθrāvahišta-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3) (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 303
- Tavernier, Jan (2007), “4.2.1122. *Miθrāvahišta-”, 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