Μιθροβαρζάνης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Persian *Miθrabr̥zans.[1][2]

Proper noun

Μιθροβαρζάνης • (Mithrobarzánēs) m (genitive Μιθροβαρζάνους or Μιθροβαρζάνου); third declension

  1. a male given name from Old Persian: Mithrobarzanes
    1. father-in-law and betrayer of Datames
    2. a Persian Magian in Babylon
    3. commander in Tigranes the Great's army against Lucullus at the Battle of Tigranocerta in 69 BCE

Inflection

As a third-declension noun:

As a second-declension noun:

Descendants

  • Greek: Μιθροβαρζάνης (Mithrovarzánis)
  • Latin: Mithrobarzanēs

References

  1. Hinz, Walther (1975) “*miθrabrzana-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3) (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 167
  2. Tavernier, Jan (2007) “4.2.1106. *Miθrabṛzana-”, in Iranica in the Achaemenid Period (ca. 550–330 B.C.): Lexicon of Old Iranian Proper Names and Loanwords, Attested in Non-Iranian Texts, Peeters Publishers, →ISBN, page 249

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