English Explanatory Dictionary

mithridates

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. plural of mithridate
name
  1. a male given name popularized in Achaemenid and post-Achaemenid Persia
  2. Name of several kings in the Mithridatid dynasty of Pontus and the Arsacid dynasty of Parthia.

Pronunciation

/ˌmɪθrɪˈdeɪtiːz/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Sumxr-Mithridates.wav

Word forms

mithridates

Etymology

From Latin Mithridātēs, from Ancient Greek Μιθριδάτης (Mithridátēs), from Old Persian *Miθradātah.

Related words

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

Derived words

mithridatism mithridatize mithridatization

Translations

Armenian: Միհրդատ Azerbaijani: Mitridat Belarusian: Мітрыдат Breton: Mitridates Bulgarian: Митридат Catalan: Mitridates Chinese Mandarin: 米特里達梯 Dutch: Mithridates Finnish: Mithridates French: Mithridate Galician: Mitrídates Georgian: მითრიდატე German: Mithridates Greek: Μιθριδάτης Ancient Greek: Μιθριδάτης Ancient Greek: Μιθραδάτης Ancient Greek: Μιτραδάτης Hebrew: מִתְרְדָת Hebrew: מִיתְרִידָטֶס Hungarian: Mithridatész Italian: Mitridate Japanese: ミトリダテス Latin: Mithridātēs Lithuanian: Mitridatai Norwegian Bokmål: Mitridates Parthian: 𐭌𐭕𐭓𐭃𐭕 Persian: مهرداد Polish: Mitrydates Portuguese: Mitrídates Romanian: Mitridat Russian: Митридат Serbo-Croatian: Митридат Serbo-Croatian: Mitridat Slovak: Mithridates Spanish: Mitrídates Turkish: Mithridatis Ukrainian: Мітрідат Welsh: Mithridates
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