Mithridates

//ˌmɪθrɪˈdeɪtiːz// name, noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    plural of mithridate form-of, plural
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    a male given name popularized in Achaemenid and post-Achaemenid Persia historical
  2. 2
    a male given name popularized in Achaemenid and post-Achaemenid Persia; Name of several kings in the Mithridatid dynasty of Pontus and the Arsacid dynasty of Parthia. historical

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mithridates great

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"Mithridates, king of Pontus, had so well learned the languages of the twenty-two nations that were under his rule that he could speak without a translator with all those he ruled."

Etymology

From Latin Mithridātēs, from Ancient Greek Μιθριδάτης (Mithridátēs), from Old Persian *Miθradātah.

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