Μιθροβαρζάνης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Persian *Miθrabr̥zans.

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:

Third declension of ὁ Μιθροβαρζάνης; τοῦ Μιθροβαρζάνους (contracted, Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Μιθροβαρζάνης ho Mithrobarzánēs
Genitive	τοῦ Μιθροβαρζάνους toû Mithrobarzánous
Dative	τῷ Μιθροβαρζάνει tôi Mithrobarzánei
Accusative	τὸν Μιθροβαρζάνη tòn Mithrobarzánē
Vocative	Μιθροβάρζανες Mithrobárzanes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

As a second-declension noun:

First declension of ὁ Μιθροβαρζάνης; τοῦ Μιθροβαρζάνου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Μιθροβαρζάνης ho Mithrobarzánēs
Genitive	τοῦ Μιθροβαρζάνου toû Mithrobarzánou
Dative	τῷ Μιθροβαρζάνῃ tôi Mithrobarzánēi
Accusative	τὸν Μιθροβαρζάνην tòn Mithrobarzánēn
Vocative	Μιθροβαρζάνη Mithrobarzánē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Μιθροβαρζάνης (Mithrovarzánis)
• → Latin: Mithrobarzanēs

Further reading

• Justi, Ferdinand (1895) “Μιθροβαρζάνης”, in Iranisches Namenbuch‎^[2] (in German), Marburg: N. G. Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, pages 208a-209b
• Μιθροβαρζάνης in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette