Μιθρωπάστης
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- Μιθροπαύστης (Mithropaústēs)
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Persian *Miθraupastah.[1][2]
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /mi.tʰrɔː.pás.tɛːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /mi.tʰroˈpas.te̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /mi.θroˈpas.tis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /mi.θroˈpas.tis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /mi.θroˈpas.tis/
Proper noun
Μιθρωπάστης • (Mithrōpástēs) m (genitive Μιθρωπάστου); first declension
- a male given name, Mithropastes, from Old Persian, son the satrap Arsites
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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| Nominative | ὁ Μιθρωπάστης ho Mithrōpástēs | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ Μιθρωπάστου toû Mithrōpástou | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ Μιθρωπάστῃ tōî Mithrōpástēi | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν Μιθρωπάστην tòn Mithrōpástēn | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Μιθρωπάστᾰ Mithrōpástă | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: Μιθρωπάστης (Mithropástis)
- → Latin: Mithrōpastēs
Further reading
- Justi, Ferdinand (1895) “Μιθρωπάστης”, in Iranisches Namenbuch[2] (in German), Marburg: N. G. Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 216b
References
- ^ Hinz, Walther (1975) “*miθraupastā-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)[1] (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 160
- ^ Tavernier, Jan (2007) “4.2.1122. *Miθraupastā-”, 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 252