Mithras
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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Mĭthras: and Mĭthres, ae, m., = Μίθρας.
I The sun-god of the Persians, Stat. Th. 1, 717; Curt. 4, 13, 12; Mart. Cap. 2, § 191; Claud. Laud. Stil. 1, 63.—
II The proper name of a priest of Isis, App. M. 11, p. 267, 35.—
III A Roman surname, Inscr. Fab. p. 384, 38.—Hence, Mithrĭăcus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Mithras (post-class.): sacra, Lampr. Commod. 9.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
Mĭthrās Stat. Th. 1, 717 et Mĭthrēs, æ, m. (Μίθρας),
1 nom du soleil chez les Perses : Curt. 4, 13, 12 || -rĭăcus, a, um, de Mithras, Mithriaque : Lampr. Comm. 9
2 nom propre du prêtre d’Isis : Apul. M. 11, 22 ; 11, 25.
Latin > German (Georges)
Mithrās, ae, m. (Μίθρας), I) eine persische Gottheit, nach griech. u. röm. Schriftstellern die Sonne, nach den Zendbüchern aber ein Gefährte u. Mitwirker der Sonne auf ihrem Laufe, Mart. Cap. 2. § 191. Stat. Theb. 1, 720. Claud. laud. Stil. 1, 63. – Nbf. Mithrēs (Μίθρης), Akk. Mithrēn (Zumpt) od. Mithrem (Hedicke u. Vogel), Curt. 4, 13 (48), 12. – II) der Eigenname des Priesters der Isis, Apul. met. 11, 22 u. 25. – Dav. Mithriacus, a, um (Μιθριακός), zum (Gotte) Mithras gehörig, mithriacisch, sacra, Lampr. Commod. 9.
Wikipedia EN
The name Mithras (Latin, equivalent to Greek "Μίθρας",) is a form of Mithra, the name of an Iranian god, a point acknowledged by Mithras scholars since the days of Franz Cumont. The Greek form of the name appears in Xenophon's biography of Cyrus, the Cyropaedia, a work written in the fourth century BC.
The word Mithra occurs as the name of a praiseworthy being in the Zoroastrian text, the Zend Avesta. Similar deity names in related Indo-european languages include Mitra, "मित्रः" found in Rig Vedic hymns. In Sanskrit, "mitra" means "friend" or "friendship".
In the inscribed peace treaty of c. 1400 BC between Hittites and the Hurrian kingdom of the Mitanni in the area southeast of Lake Van in Armenian Highlands, the form mi-it-ra- appears as the name of a god invoked together with four other divinities as witnesses and keepers of the pact. Robert Turcan describes this inscription as "the earliest evidence of Mithras in Asia Minor".
