Meanings
alternative metredatum · alternative metridatum · alternative methridatum · alternative mithredatum · alternative mythridatum
- historicaluncountablemedicineSynonym of mithridate.
Medle them all with metridatum.
1526, Grete Herball, sig. Iiv2 more examples
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 119Theriac—like mithridatum—was an elaborate compound of vipers and botanicals.
1995, Isis, No. 86, p. 400Synonyms: mithridate
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSynonym of mithridate.
Origin
- Ancient GreekΜιθριδάτης
- LatinMithridātīus“of or related to Mithridates”
- Late Latinmithridatum
- Englishmithridatum
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.
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