Mithras

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

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 , Ap. Met. 11, 22, 10.—

III A Roman surname , Inscr. Fab. p. 384, 38.

IV —Hence, Mithrĭăcus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Mithras (post-class.): sacra, Lampr. Commod. 9.

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