Μιθριδάτης
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- Μιτραδάτης (Mitradátēs)
- Μιθραδάτης (Mithradátēs)
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Median *Miθridāta (literally “given by Mithra”).[1]
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /mi.tʰri.dǎː.tɛːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /mi.tʰriˈda.te̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /mi.θriˈða.tis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /mi.θriˈða.tis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /mi.θriˈða.tis/
Proper noun
Μιθριδᾱ́της • (Mithridā́tēs) m (genitive Μιθριδᾱ́του); first declension
- a male given name from Old Median, equivalent to English Mithridates: Mithridates
Inflection
| 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 | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- Μιθριδᾱτῐκός (Mithridātikós)
Descendants
- Greek: Μιθριδάτης (Mithridátis)
- → Latin: Mithridātēs
- → English: Mithridates
- → French: Mithridate
- → Italian: Mitridate
- → Portuguese: Mitrídates
- → Spanish: Mitrídates
- → Latin: Mithridātēs
References
- 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
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