Mithridates - Wiktionary, the free dictionary (original) (raw)

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• 1 English
  • 1.1 Etymology
  • 1.2 Proper noun
    * 1.2.1 Derived terms
    * 1.2.3 Translations
• 2 Latin
  • 2.1 Etymology
  • 2.2 Pronunciation
  • 2.3 Proper noun
    * 2.3.1 Declension
    * 2.3.2 Derived terms
  • 2.4 References

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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