Mithras

Borrowed from Latin Mithras.

Mithras

1. A Roman god, cult figure of the 2nd-to-4th-century Roman mystery religion known as the "Mysteries of Mithras" (now colloquially Mithraism)

• Mithrasmas

• Mithra
• Mitra

Probably via Ancient Greek Μίθρας (Míthras) from some unattested Old Iranian intermediary, ultimately from vocative Avestan 𐬨𐬌𐬚𐬭𐬀‎ (Miθra) (cf. Mithra).

Until the 1970s, the character of Roman Mithras was widely assumed to be a continuation of that of Iranian Mithra (and thus also of Indo-Iranian *mitra). This notion is no longer followed today, and it is generally agreed that borrowing (e.g. of the name) does not constitute continuation.

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈmi.tʰraːs/, [ˈmɪ.tʰraːs]

Mithrās m sg (genitive Mithrae); first declension

1. A Roman god, cult figure of the 2nd–4th century Roman mystery religion known as the "Mysteries of Mithras" (now colloquially Mithraism)

First declension, masculine Greek type with nominative singular in -ās.

• Mithras in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Mithras in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette