Mithridates

See also: mithridates

English

Etymology

From Latin Mithridātēs, from Ancient Greek Μιθριδάτης (Mithridátēs), from Old Median *Miθra-dāta- (literally “given by Mithra”).

Proper noun

Mithridates

1. (historical) a male given name popularized in Achaemenid and post-Achaemenid Persia
   1. (historical) Name of several kings in the Mithridatid dynasty of Pontus and the Arsacid dynasty of Parthia.

Derived terms

• mithridatism, mithridatize, mithridatization

Related terms

• Mithra
• Mithridatic
• mithridate
  • mithridatic
  • mithridatically
• mithridatium
• mithridatum
• mithridaticon
• Mithridatid
• Mithradates
• Meredates
• Mihrdat
• Mithredath
• Mehrdad
• Milad
• Mithradatkirt

Translations

ancient male given name

• Armenian: Միհրդատ (Mihrdat)
• French: Mithridate (fr) m
• German: Mithridates m
• Greek: Μιθριδάτης (el) m (Mithridátis)

  Ancient: Μιθριδάτης m (Mithridátēs), Μιθραδάτης m (Mithradátēs)

• Hebrew: מִתְרְדָת m (Mīṯrəḏāṯ)
• Italian: Mitridate m
• Latin: Mithridātēs m
• Parthian: 𐭌𐭕𐭓𐭃𐭕 (mtrdt)
• Persian: مهرداد (fa) (mehrdâd)
• Portuguese: Mitrídates m
• Spanish: Mitrídates m

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Μιθριδάτης (Mithridátēs), from Old Median *Miθra-dāta- (literally “given by Mithra”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /mi.tʰriˈdaː.teːs/, [mɪt̪ʰrɪˈd̪äːt̪eːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /mi.triˈda.tes/, [mit̪riˈd̪äːt̪es]

Proper noun

Mithridātēs m sg (genitive Mithridātis); third declension

1. Mithridates

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Mithridātēs
Genitive	Mithridātis
Dative	Mithridātī
Accusative	Mithridātem
Ablative	Mithridāte
Vocative	Mithridātēs

Derived terms

• Mithridatius, Mithridateus, mithridatium

References

• “Mithridates”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Mithridates in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.