mithrax

Latin

Alternative forms

• mitrax

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μίθραξ (míthrax).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈmi.tʰraks/, [ˈmɪt̪ʰräks̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈmi.traks/, [ˈmiːt̪räks]

Noun

mithrax m (genitive mithracis); third declension

1. A Persian gem, perhaps the opal

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	mithrax	mithracēs
genitive	mithracis	mithracum
dative	mithracī	mithracibus
accusative	mithracem	mithracēs
ablative	mithrace	mithracibus
vocative	mithrax	mithracēs

Descendants

• Translingual: Mithrax

References

• “mithrax”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• mithrax in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.