Mazaeus

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Μαζαῖος (Mazaîos), itself from Old Iranian *Mazdāya-.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [mazˈzae̯.ʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [mad̪ˈd̪͡z̪ɛː.us]

Mazaeus m sg (genitive Mazaeī); second declension

1. A Persian noble and governor of Babylon

Second-declension noun, singular only.

• Mazaei in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Mazaeus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray