Μιθραφέρνης

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • Μιτραφέρνης (Mitraphérnēs)

Etymology

From Old Persian *Miθrafarnāh.[1][2]

Proper noun

Μιθραφέρνης • (Mithraphérnēsm (genitive Μιθραφέρνου); second declension

  1. a male given name from Old Persian Mithraphernes
    1. a eunuch of Artaeus of Media

Inflection

Descendants

  • Greek: Μιθραφέρνης (Mithraférnis)
  • Latin: Mithraphernēs

References

  1. ^ Hinz, Walther (1975) “*miθrafarnah-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)‎[1] (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 167
  2. ^ Tavernier, Jan (2007) “4.2.1110. *Miθrafarnā-”, 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 250