mithridates
/ˌmɪθrɪˈdeɪtiːz/
mithridates is the plural of mithridate.
Meaning of mithridate
Noun
mithridate (countable and uncountable, plural mithridates)
- Any of various historical medicines, typically an electuary compounded with various poison, believed to derive from Mithridates VI and to serve as a universal antidote.
- Auicen saythe; There be certeyne medicins... which wyl not suffre poyson to approche nere the harte, as triacle and Metridate.1528, Joannes de Mediolano, translated by Thomas Paynell, Regimen Sanitatis Salerni, page 33
- Synonym of cure.
- The contemplation was a mithridate to a pestered conceipted minde.1587, Angell Day translating Longus as Daphnis and Chloe, sig. C3v
Proper noun capitalized: Mithridates
Mithridates
Origin of mithridates
From Latin Mithridātēs, from Ancient Greek Μιθριδάτης (Mithridátēs), from Old Persian *Miθradātah.
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Questions about mithridates
- What does mithridates mean?
- Mithridates means a male given name popularized in Achaemenid and post-Achaemenid Persia.
- What is mithridates the plural of?
- Mithridates is the plural of mithridate.
- What part of speech is mithridates?
- Mithridates is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce mithridates?
- Mithridates is pronounced /ˌmɪθrɪˈdeɪtiːz/.
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