Mithridates

See also: mithridates

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin Mithridātēs, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek Μιθριδάτης (Mithridátēs), from Old Persian 𐎷𐎰𐎼𐎭𐎠𐎫 (mi-θ-r-d-a-t, 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.

Related terms

• Mithra
• Mithridatic
• mithridate
  • mithridatic
  • mithridatically
  • mithridatize
  • mithridatization
  • mithridatism
• Mithridatid
• Mithradates
• 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)

• Italian: Mitridate m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Latin: Mithridātēs m
• Parthian: 𐭌𐭕𐭓𐭃𐭕 (mtrdt)
• Persian: مهرداد (fa) (Mehrdâd)
• Portuguese: Mitrídates m
• Spanish: Mitrídates m

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Μιθριδάτης (Mithridátēs).

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

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.