Μιτραδάτης

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Median *Miθradāta (literally “created/given by Mithra”).[1][2]

Proper noun

Μιτραδᾱ́της • (Mitradā́tēs) m (genitive Μιτραδᾱ́του); first declension

  1. a male given name from Old Median, equivalent to English Mitradates: Mitradates, a Median shepherd and foster father of Cyrus the Great

Inflection
First declension of ὁ Μιτραδᾱ́της; τοῦ Μιτραδᾱ́του (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ὁ Μιτραδᾱ́της
ho Mitradā́tēs
Genitive τοῦ Μιτραδᾱ́του
toû Mitradā́tou
Dative τῷ Μιτραδᾱ́τῃ
tôi Mitradā́tēi
Accusative τὸν Μιτραδᾱ́την
tòn Mitradā́tēn
Vocative Μιτραδᾶτᾰ
Mitradâta
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants
  • Greek: Μιτραδάτης (Mitradátis)
    • → Latin: Mitradātēs

References
  1. Hinz, Walther (1975) “*miθradāta”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)‎ (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 167
  2. Tavernier, Jan (2007) “4.2.1109. *Miθradāta-”, 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

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