Μιθραῖος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Μιθραῖος • (Mithraîos) m (genitive Μιθραῖου); first declension

  1. a male given name from Old Persian: Mithraeus

Inflection
Second declension of ὁ Μιθραῖος; τοῦ Μιθραίου (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ὁ Μιθραῖος
ho Mithraîos
Genitive τοῦ Μιθραίου
toû Mithraíou
Dative τῷ Μιθραίῳ
tôi Mithraíōi
Accusative τὸν Μιθραῖον
tòn Mithraîon
Vocative Μιθραῖε
Mithraîe
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants
  • Greek: Μιθραῖος (Mithraîos)
  • → Latin: Mithraeus

References
  1. Hinz, Walther (1975) “*miθraya-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)‎ (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 168
  2. 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
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