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Mithridatic en · ADJ

Etymology

From Latin Mithridāticus, from Ancient Greek Μιθριδατικός (Mithridatikós), from Μιθριδάτης (Mithridátēs) + -ικός (-ikós), from Old Median *Miθra-dāta (literally “Mithra-given”).

Meanings

  1. (historical, not-comparable) Of or pertaining to the dynasty begun by Mithridates I of Pontus or any of its kings named Mithridates, especially Mithridates VI of Pontus, also known as Mithridates the Great.
    • Let us begin with the Piraeus hoard, of paramount importance in establishing the chronology of Mithridatic bronzes, and then the Bosporan hoards for which we may know type details of Mithridatic coins. 2005, Vladimir F. Stolba, Lise Hannestad, Chronologies of the Black Sea Area in the Period, C. 400-100 BC, Aarhus University Press, page 126:
    • In the courſe of the firſt Mithridatic war, which laſted ſcarcely five years, the provinces of Achaia and of Aſia ſuffered deeper wounds than had been inflicted on them during the long and obſtinate ſtruggles among Alexander's ſucceſſors. 1807, John Gillies, The History of the World, From the Reign of Alexander to that of Augustus, Volume 2, page 619:
    • 86 BCE Southern Europe: Greece: First Mithridatic War (continued) Roman general Lucius Cornelius Sulla drives the Mithridatic Greek forces back into the defenses of Athens, which he then takes by storm. 2009, Spencer Tucker, A Global Chronology of Conflict: From the Ancient World to the Modern Middle East, Volume 2, ABC-CLIO, page 113:

Relateds

Pontic

Translations (3)

hy միհրդատյան (of or pertaining to a dynasty of Pontus or to particular kings named Mithridates) · grc Μιθριδᾱτῐκός (of or pertaining to a dynasty of Pontus or to particular kings named Mithridates) · it mitridatico (of or pertaining to a dynasty of Pontus or to particular kings named Mithridates)