μίτος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Maybe from Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“to bind”), like μίτρα (mítra).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /mí.tos/ → /ˈmi.tos/ → /ˈmi.tos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /mí.tos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈmi.tos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈmi.tos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈmi.tos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈmi.tos/

Noun

μίτος • (mítos) m (genitive μίτου); second declension

1. thread of the warp
2. thread of destiny
3. string of a lyre

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ μῐ́τος; τοῦ μῐ́του (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
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
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• δίμιτος (dímitos)
• λεπτόμιτος (leptómitos)
• μιτάριον (mitárion)
• μιτηρός (mitērós)
• μίτινοι (mítinoi)
• μιτίσκος (mitískos)
• μιτοεργός (mitoergós)
• μιτόομαι (mitóomai)
• μιτορραφής (mitorrhaphḗs)
• μιτώδης (mitṓdēs)
• πολύμιτος (polúmitos)
• τρίμιτος (trímitos)

Descendants

• → Classical Syriac: ܡܕܣܐ (medsā, madsā), ܡܬܣܐ (metsā, matsā)

Further reading

• “μίτος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “μίτος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• μίτος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette