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Ancient Greek
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Persian *Miθradātah.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mi.tʰri.dǎː.tɛːs/ → /mi.θriˈða.tis/ → /mi.θriˈða.tis/
Proper noun
Μιθριδᾱ́της • (Mithridā́tēs) m (genitive Μιθριδᾱ́του); first declension
- a male given name from Old Median, equivalent to English Mithridates: Mithridates
Inflection
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Descendants
References
- ^ Hinz, Walther (1975) “*miθridāta”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3) (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 168
Further reading
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,017