Mithras
English
proper noun
Definitions
- A Roman god, cult figure of the 2nd-to-4th-century Roman mystery religion known as the "Mysteries of Mithras" (now colloquially Mithraism)
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin Mithras.
Origin
Latin
Mithras
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Mithraeum English
- Mithraic English
- Mithraicist English
- Mithras Latin
- Μίθρας Ancient Greek