mithridatum
/ˌmɪθrɪˈdeɪtəm/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Medle them all with metridatum."
- "The plague had returned to London with uncommon virulence... Huge quantities of mithridatum and dragon-water were drunk for prophylactics."
- "Theriac—like mithridatum—was an elaborate compound of vipers and botanicals."
Etymology
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.
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
- Root: mithridatum, Mithridātīus, Μιθριδάτης
Usage
Inflected Forms
metredatum (alternative)
metridatum (alternative)
methridatum (alternative)
mithredatum (alternative)
mythridatum (alternative)