Mĭthrĭdātes — Lewis & Short
Mĭthrĭdātes, is (m., = *miqrida/ths.
dat. -dati, Gell. 15, 1, 6),I Mithridates the Great, king of Pontus, who waged war with the Romans, was at last conquered by Pompey, and stabbed himself, Cic. Ac. 2, 1, 3; id. Mur. 15, 32 sq.; id. Agr. 2, 19, 52; id. Fl. 24, 57; 25, 59 sq.; Plin. 25, 2, 3, § 5; Val. Max. 1, 8 ext. 13; 3, 7, 8. He eārly fortified himself against poison by taking antidotes;
hence, profecit poto Mithridates saepe veneno, Toxica ne possent saeva nocere sibi,Mart. 5, 76 (cf.:
antidotum Mithridatium,Plin. 29, 1, 8, § 24); Cels. 5, 23, 3; Juv. 14, 252.—
II A witness against Flaccus, Cic. Fl. 17, 41.—
III A king of Pergamos, a friend of Cæsar, Auct. B. Alex. 26.—
IV Surnamed Euergetes, an ally of the Romans against Carthage, Just. 37.—
V The fifth king of the Parthians, the most powerful of all the Parthian kings, Just. 41.—
VI The eighth king of the Parthians, Just. 42, 2.—
VII A king of Armenia, Tac. A. 11, 8 sq.; 12, 45 sq.—Hence,
A Mĭthrĭ-dātēus, a, um, adj. (Mĭthradātīum, Plin. 29, 1, 8, § 24; Scrib. 194), of or belonging to a Mithridates (poet.):
nomina,Ov. M. 15, 755:
vultus,Manil. 5, 515:
herba,Plin. 25, 6, 26, § 62:
antidotus celebratissima quae Mithridatios vocatur,Gell. 17, 16, 6.—Subst.: Mĭthrĭdātīum, ii, n., an antidote, Cael. Aur. Tard. 4, 1, 12.—
B Mĭ-thrĭdātĭcus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Mithridates, Mithridatic (class.):
bellum,Cic. Imp. Pomp. 3, 7 (v. Mithridates, I.):
victoria,over Mithridates, Plin. 15, 25, 30, § 102:
crimen,of the witness Mithridates, Cic. Fl. 17, 41.