Maybe from Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“to bind”), like μίτρα (mítra).
μίτος • (mítos) m (genitive μίτου); second declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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| 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 tôi 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 | ||||||||||
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