LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininefirst declension

mitra

mitra f (genitive mitrae)
Classical[ˈmɪ.tra]Ecclesiastical[ˈmiː.tra]
Mille Verba core vocabulary

Meaning

  1. feminineturban
  2. femininemitre

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

vestis capitis fēminārum; circum caput cingitur.
mitra -ae f — in Mille Verba, ch. Vestis et Ōrnāmenta

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativemitramitrae
genitivemitraemitrārum
dativemitraemitrīs
accusativemitrammitrās
ablativemitrāmitrīs
vocativemitramitrae

mī^tra, ae, f., = μίτρα.
I. A headband, coif, turban of the Asiatics; in Greece and Rome worn only by women, except occasionally by effeminate young men: P. Clodius a crocotā, a mitrā ... est factus repente popularis, Cic. Har. Resp. 21, 44; Plin. 35, 9, 35, § 58: picta lupa barbara mitra, Juv. 3, 66. Also worn by Bacchus, Prop. 4, 2, 31.—
II. A rope (late Lat.), Tert. Carm. de Jona et Ninive, 42; cf. Isid. 19, 4, 6.

Origins

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

In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries

AntiquitiesMitraMitra (μίτρα) means in its first sense a band of any kind, and accordingly it was (1) the Homeric μίτρη, a band beneath the θώρηξ over the lower part …

Quick answers

What does mitra mean in Latin?
mitra, a noun, means “turban; mitre”.
What is the genitive of mitra?
The genitive singular is mitrae. mitra is feminine, first declension.
How do you pronounce mitra?
In classical Latin, [ˈmɪ.tra]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈmiː.tra].