Mithridates

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

• IPA^(key): /ˌmɪθrɪˈdeɪtiːz/

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• Rhymes: -eɪtiz

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.

• mithridatism, mithridatize, mithridatization

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

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [mɪ.tʰrɪˈdaː.teːs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [mi.t̪riˈd̪aː.t̪es]

Mithridātēs m sg (genitive Mithridātis); third declension

1. Mithridates

Third-declension noun, singular only.

• Mithridatius, Mithridateus, mithridatium

• “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.