Μιτροβάτης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Μιτροβάτης • (Mitrobátēs) m (genitive Μιτροβάτου); first declension

  1. a male given name from Old Median: Mitrobates
    1. a satrap of Hellespontine Phrygia
    2. a civil servant for Pharnabazus

Inflection

Descendants

  • Greek: Μιτροβάτης (Mitrovátis)
  • Latin: Mitrobatēs

Further reading

References

  1. Hinz, Walther (1975) “*miθrapāta-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3) (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 167
  2. Tavernier, Jan (2007) “4.2.1116. *Miθrapāta-”, 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 251
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