mithridatic
/ˌmɪθrɪˈdeɪtɪk/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of or related to mithridates, universally curative against all poisons.
adj
Of or related to mithridatism, the gradual acquisition of immunity to poison through repeated exposure.
adj
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.
Example Sentences
- "He turned the pages slowly, moving on to other metropolitan catastrophes, the next mithridatic outrage, the pages fluttered behind the front page but the headline remained the same, in the same place hovering across from her."
- "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."
- "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."
- "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."
Etymology
General application of Mithridatic, q.v.
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
- Root: Mithridāticus, Μιθριδατικός
Usage
Subject
Wiktionary places this term in Medicine.