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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From an Old Iranian language *Miθra. Compare Avestan 𐬨𐬌𐬚𐬭𐬀 (miθra), Old Persian 𐎷𐎰𐎼 (mi-θ-r /miθra/).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mí.tʰraːs/ → /ˈmi.θras/ → /ˈmi.θras/
Proper noun
Μῐ́θρᾱς • (Míthrās) m (genitive Μῐ́θρου); first declension
- Greek form of Iranian Mithra (e.g. Herodotus Histories I,131; Plutarch, Isis and Osiris 46.7)
- Greek name of the figures of various syncretic Helleno-Zoroastrian cults of Asia Minor (100 BC-200 AD)
- Greek form of Latin Mithras, cult figure of the Roman mystery religion that flourished between 100 and 400 AD.
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References
- “Μίθρας”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,017