Mithridates

See also: mithridates

English

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

Mithridates

(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.

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”).

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /mi.triˈda.tes/, [mit̪riˈd̪äːt̪es]

Mithridātēs m sg (genitive Mithridātis); third declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

“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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