English

Proper noun

Mitra

1. A divinity of Indic culture, hypostasis of friendship and one-half of the dvandva (compound divinity) Varuna-Mitra.
   • 1989, Elizabeth-Chalier Visuvalingam, "Bhairava's Royal Brahmanicide," Criminal Gods and Demon Devotees, p. 200.

     [In post-Vedic India], Vedic Mitra practically disappears and Varuna is relegated to a subsidiary position

2. (uncommon) A deity invoked in the Hurrian Mitanni of ca. 1400 BC.
   • 1963, Jørgen Læssøe, People of Ancient Assyria: Their Inscriptions and Correspondence, Routledge, p. 86.

     when about 1350 B.C. a treaty was concluded between the king of Mittanni [...] and the Hittite ruler [...], the former calls upon the gods Mitra, Indra, Varuna, and the Nâsatya as guarantors of his sworn obligations.

3. (rare) Misspelling of Iranian Mithra (Miθra).
   • 1923, John Nicol Farquhar, The Religious Quest of India, OUP, p. 120.

     As the Avestan Mitra had a luminous character, so had the Vedic Mitra.

   • 2001, Manfred Clauss, The Roman Cult of Mithras: The God and His Mysteries, p. 7.

     We cannot account for Roman Mithras in terms borrowed from Persian Mitra.

Anagrams

• timar

Finnish

Noun

mitra

1. (rare) mitre (head covering of a church dignitary)

Declension

Synonyms

• hiippa

Anagrams

• rimat

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmitrɒ]
• Hyphenation: mit‧ra

Noun

mitra ‎(plural mitrák)

1. mitre

Declension

Synonyms

• püspöksüveg

References

• Bakos Ferenc & Fábián Pál, Idegen szavak és kifejezések szótára. Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest, 1989, ISBN 963 05 5307 4

Italian

Etymology 1

From Latin, from Ancient Greek μίτρα ‎(mítra, “headband, turban”).

Pronunciation

Noun

mitra f ‎(plural mitre)

1. mitre

Etymology 2

Abbreviation of mitragliatore.

Noun

mitra m ‎(invariable)

1. submachine gun, Tommy gun

Verb

mitra

1. third-person singular present indicative of mitrare
2. second-person singular imperative of mitrare

Anagrams

• matri
• ritma
• tarmi
• trami

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μίτρα ‎(mítra, “headband, turban”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈmiː.tra/

Noun

mītra f ‎(genitive mītrae); first declension

1. turban
2. mitre

Inflection

First declension.

References

• mitra in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• mitra in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• MITRA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• mitra in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia
• mitra in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• mitra in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Latvian

Adjective

mitra

1. genitive singular masculine form of mitrs
2. nominative singular feminine form of mitrs

Portuguese

Etymology 1

From Latin mitra, from Ancient Greek μίτρα ‎(mítra).

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈmitɾɐ/

Noun

mitra f (plural mitras)

mitra

1. mitre

Related terms

• mitral

External links

• mitra on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^pt

Etymology 2

Noun

mitra m (plural mitras)

1. (informal) old rabbit
2. (Portugal, slang) street thug

Synonyms

• (thug): guna

Spanish

Noun

mitra f ‎(plural mitras)

1. mitre