Μιθραδάτης

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Μιθραδᾱ́της • (Mithradā́tēsm (genitive Μιθραδᾱ́του); first declension

  1. a male given name, Mithradates, from Old Persian, equivalent to English Mithradates

Inflection

Descendants

  • Greek: Μιθραδάτης (Mithradátis)
  • Latin: Mithradātēs

References

  1. ^ Hinz, Walther (1975) “*miθradāta”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)‎[1] (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