Mithridates

Mithridates

See also: mithridates

English

Etymology

From Latin Mithridātēs, from 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

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 (genitive Mithridātis); third declension

1. Mithridates

Declension

Third declension.

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