μίτος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
 

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 mítos		 τὼ μῐ́τω
tṑ mítō		 οἱ μῐ́τοι
hoi mítoi
Genitive τοῦ μῐ́του
toû mítou		 τοῖν μῐ́τοιν
toîn mítoin		 τῶν μῐ́των
tôn mítōn
Dative τῷ μῐ́τῳ
tôi mítōi		 τοῖν μῐ́τοιν
toîn mítoin		 τοῖς μῐ́τοις
toîs mítois
Accusative τὸν μῐ́τον
tòn míton		 τὼ μῐ́τω
tṑ mítō		 τοὺς μῐ́τους
toùs mítous
Vocative μῐ́τε
míte		 μῐ́τω
mítō		 μῐ́τοι
mítoi
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms
  • λεπτόμιτος (leptómitos)
  • πολύμιτος (polúmitos)
  • μιτώδης (mitṓdēs)
  • μίτινοι (mítinoi)
  • μιτηρός (mitērós)
  • μιτόομαι (mitóomai)

Further reading
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