μίτος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Maybe from Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“to bind”), like μίτρα (mítra).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

μίτος • (mítos) m (genitive μίτου); second declension

  1. thread of the warp
  2. thread of destiny
  3. string of a lyre

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ μῐ́τος; τοῦ μῐ́του (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ μῐ́τος
ho mĭ́tos 		τὼ μῐ́τω
tṑ mĭ́tō 		οἱ μῐ́τοι
hoi mĭ́toi
Genitive τοῦ μῐ́του
toû mĭ́tou 		τοῖν μῐ́τοιν
toîn mĭ́toin 		τῶν μῐ́των
tôn mĭ́tōn
Dative τῷ μῐ́τῳ
tōî mĭ́tōi 		τοῖν μῐ́τοιν
toîn mĭ́toin 		τοῖς μῐ́τοις
toîs mĭ́tois
Accusative τὸν μῐ́τον
tòn mĭ́ton 		τὼ μῐ́τω
tṑ mĭ́tō 		τοὺς μῐ́τους
toùs mĭ́tous
Vocative μῐ́τε
mĭ́te 		μῐ́τω
mĭ́tō 		μῐ́τοι
mĭ́toi
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

  • δίμιτος (dímitos)
  • λεπτόμιτος (leptómitos)
  • μιτάριον (mitárion)
  • μιτηρός (mitērós)
  • μίτινοι (mítinoi)
  • μιτίσκος (mitískos)
  • μιτοεργός (mitoergós)
  • μιτόομαι (mitóomai)
  • μιτορραφής (mitorrhaphḗs)
  • μιτώδης (mitṓdēs)
  • πολύμιτος (polúmitos)
  • τρίμιτος (trímitos)

Descendants

  • → Classical Syriac: ܡܕܣܐ (medsā, madsā), ܡܬܣܐ (metsā, matsā)

Further reading

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