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Definition of Mithridates

Mithridate
Mithridate Mith"ri*date, n. (Med.) An antidote against poison, or a composition in form of an electuary, supposed to serve either as a remedy or a preservative against poison; an alexipharmic; -- so called from King Mithridates, its reputed inventor. [Love is] a drop of the true elixir; no mithridate so effectual against the infection of vice. --Southey.

Meaning of Mithridates from wikipedia

- Look up Mithridates in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Mithridates /ˌmɪθrɪˈdeɪtiːz/ or Mithradates /ˌmɪθrəˈdeɪtiːz/ (Old Persian 𐎷𐎡𐎰𐎼𐎭𐎠𐎫 Miθradāta)...
- is named after him. After his death, he became known as Mithridates the Great. Mithridates is the Gr**** attestation of the Iranic name Mihrdāt, meaning...
- revolted against Artaxerxes, but was betra**** by his son Mithridates II of Cius. Mithridates II remained as ruler after Alexander's conquests and was...
- Andromachi) was known well into the 19th century. Mithridate takes its name from its inventor, Mithridates VI, king of the ancient Anatolian Kingdom of Pontus...
- Mithridates I (also spelled Mithradates I or Mihrdad I; Parthian: 𐭌𐭄𐭓𐭃𐭕 Mihrdāt), also known as Mithridates I the Great, was king of the Parthian...
- greatest of his dynasty to ever rule, he was known as Mithridates the Great in antiquity. Mithridates II was crowned king after the abrupt death of his predecessor...
- Cappadocian throne. King Mithridates V of Pontus exerted control over Cappadocia by betrothing his daughter Laodice to Ariarathes VI. Mithridates V would later launch...
- Mithridates or Mithradates V Euergetes (Ancient Gr****: Μιθριδάτης ὁ Eὐεργέτης, which means "Mithridates the Benefactor"; died c. 120 BC) was a prince...
- Mithridates IV's reign was marked by a dynastic struggle with his younger brother, Orodes II, who eventually emerged victorious and had Mithridates IV...
- the same person as the Mithridates, son of Ariobarzanes, who in his youth cir****vented and put to death Datames. King Mithridates I of Pontus was his kinsman...