Etymology General application of Mithridatic, q.v.
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Historical Of or related to mithridates, universally curative against all poisons.
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Of or related to mithridatism, the gradual acquisition of immunity to poison through repeated exposure.
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.1999, Colson Whitehead, The Intuitionist, Fleet (2017), pages 180-181:
Etymology General application of Mithridatic, q.v.
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Medicine, SciencesArchaic Synonym of antidote: a treatment which functions like a mithridate.
Mithridatic
adj
Etymology From Latin Mithridāticus, from Ancient Greek Μιθριδατικός (Mithridatikós), from Μιθριδάτης (Mithridátēs) + -ικός (-ikós), from Old Median *Miθra-dāta (literally “Mithra-given”).
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Historical 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.
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.1807, John Gillies, The History of the World, From the Reign of Alexander to that of Augustus, Volume 2, page 619:
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.2005, Vladimir F. Stolba, Lise Hannestad, Chronologies of the Black Sea Area in the Period, C. 400-100 BC, Aarhus University Press, page 126:
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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.2009, Spencer Tucker, A Global Chronology of Conflict: From the Ancient World to the Modern Middle East, Volume 2, ABC-CLIO, page 113: