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mithridatum

/ˌmɪθrɪˈdeɪtəm/

mithridatum noun: synonym of mithridate.

Noun

mithridatum (uncountable)

  1. (historical) Synonym of mithridate.
    • Medle them all with metridatum.1526, Grete Herball, sig. Iiv
    • The plague had returned to London with uncommon virulence... Huge quantities of mithridatum and dragon-water were drunk for prophylactics.1931, E. Linklater, Ben Jonson & King James, page 119
    Synonyms:
    mithridate

Synonyms of mithridatum

Forms of mithridatum

alternative formmetredatum
alternative formmetridatum
alternative formmethridatum
alternative formmithredatum
alternative formmythridatum

Origin of mithridatum

From Late Latin mithridatum, variant of mithridatium, from Latin Mithridātīus (“of or related to Mithridates”), from Mithridātēs + -ius, from Ancient Greek Μιθριδάτης (Mithridátēs), the Greek form of the name of Mithridates VI of Pontus. Doublet of mithridate, mithridatium, and mithridaticon.

Questions about mithridatum

What does mithridatum mean?
Mithridatum means synonym of mithridate.
What part of speech is mithridatum?
Mithridatum is a noun.
How do you pronounce mithridatum?
Mithridatum is pronounced /ˌmɪθrɪˈdeɪtəm/.

Words near mithridatum in the dictionary

  1. mithridatization
  2. mithridatize
  3. mithridatized
  4. mithridatizes
  5. mithridatizing
  6. mithridatum
  7. mithril
  8. mithun
  9. mithuna
  10. mithunas
  11. mithuns

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