Μιτραῖος

Ancient Greek

Alternative form

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Median *Miθraya[1][2]

Proper noun

Μιτραῖος • (Mitraîos) m (genitive Μιτραῖου); first declension

  1. A male given name from Old Median: Mitraeus

Inflection
Second declension of ὁ Μιτραῖος; τοῦ Μιτραίου (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ὁ Μιτραῖος
ho Mitraîos
Genitive τοῦ Μιτραίου
toû Mitraíou
Dative τῷ Μιτραίῳ
tôi Mitraíōi
Accusative τὸν Μιτραῖον
tòn Mitraîon
Vocative Μιτραῖε
Mitraîe
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants
  • Greek: Μιτραῖος (Mitraῖos)
  • → Latin: Mitraeus

Further reading

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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