Mithridaticadj.

Brit.

/ˌmɪθrᵻˈdatɪk/, U.S.

/ˌmɪθrəˈdædɪk/

Forms: 1600s Mithridatick, 1700s– Mithridatic, 1800s– Mithradatic. In sense 2 also with lower-case initial.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Mithridāticus.

Etymology: < classical Latin Mithridāticus of or relating to Mithridates VI, king of Pontus, in post-classical Latin also qualifying names of remedies (1688) < Hellenistic Greek Μιθριδατικός < Μιθριδάτης (see mithridate n.) + -ικός -ic suffix. Compare Spanish mitridático (1495), French mithridatique (1544 or earlier in Middle French), Portuguese mitridático (17th cent.), Italian mitridatico (17th cent.).With Mithridatic war compare classical Latin Mithridaticum bellum , Hellenistic Greek Μιθριδατικὸς πόλεμος . With Mithridatic triumph (see quot. 1649 at sense 1) compare classical Latin triumphus Mithridaticus.

1. Of or relating to Mithridates VI, king of Pontus (see mithridate n.); esp. in Mithridatic war n. any of three wars waged by Rome against him.

ΚΠ

1649 J. Ogilby tr. Virgil Georgics (1684) ii. 79 (note) This Tree was first shewn by Pompey to Rome in his Mithridatick Triumph.

1655 Ld. Orrery Parthenissa II. i. viii. 436 Pompey could so soone and so successfully disinguadge himselfe from the Mithridatick Warre.

1745 N. Hooke Rom. Hist. II. Pref. The Mithridatic war, terminated by Pompey.

1770 J. Langhorne & W. Langhorne tr. Pompey in Plutarch Lives (Routledge) 434/1 In the Mithridatic war they [sc. the Pirates] assumed new confidence and courage.

a1831 J. H. Newman in Encycl. Metrop. (1845) X. 280/2 At the termination of the Mithridatic war, Cicero was..marked out as the very individual to adjust the pretensions of the rival parties in the Commonwealth.

1876 Ladies' Repository 4 274/1 Lucullus brought a cherry-tree..as a trophy of his Mithridatic campaign.

1898 W. M. Ramsay in Expositor Aug. 132 The Romans aided them to gain their freedom in the Mithradatic wars.

1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 320/1 Afranius..lived in the times of Sertorian (79–72), third Mithradatic (74–61) and Civil Wars.

1920 Times 18 May 15/3 Rhodes..acknowledged the rule of Alexander the Great, and it wisely sided with the Romans..in the Mithridatic wars.

1988 Oxf. Illustr. Encycl. III. 60/1 Cappadocia suffered badly at the hands of the neighbouring Armenians during the Mithridatic War.

2. Also with lower-case initial. Relating to or of the nature of mithridatism or mithridate; having or conferring immunity to poisons. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > immunoprophylaxis > [adjective] > relating to mithridatism

Mithridatic1889

1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Mithridatic, pertaining to mithridate, or its inventor, Mithridates.

1844 R. W. Emerson in Dial Apr. 517 Mithridatic stomachs which must be fed on poisoned bread.

1868 A. Helps Realmah (1869) vi. 122 Poison has no more effect on my Mithridatic constitution than ginger-beer.

1889 E. R. Lankester in Nature 13 June 149/2 The mithradatic theory of inoculations.

1940 L. Trilling in Kenyon Rev. Spring 171 The mithridatic function, by which tragedy is used as the small and controlled administration of pain to inure ourselves to the greater doses which life will force upon us.

1977 Times Lit. Suppl. 24 June 782/1 The real tragedy of Calcutta..may lie in the mithridatic function of the myth: as if by prophesying chaos it should be prevented.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mithridatic
释义	Mithridaticadj. Brit. /ˌmɪθrᵻˈdatɪk/, U.S. /ˌmɪθrəˈdædɪk/ Forms: 1600s Mithridatick, 1700s– Mithridatic, 1800s– Mithradatic. In sense 2 also with lower-case initial. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Mithridāticus. Etymology: < classical Latin Mithridāticus of or relating to Mithridates VI, king of Pontus, in post-classical Latin also qualifying names of remedies (1688) < Hellenistic Greek Μιθριδατικός < Μιθριδάτης (see mithridate n.) + -ικός -ic suffix. Compare Spanish mitridático (1495), French mithridatique (1544 or earlier in Middle French), Portuguese mitridático (17th cent.), Italian mitridatico (17th cent.).With Mithridatic war compare classical Latin Mithridaticum bellum , Hellenistic Greek Μιθριδατικὸς πόλεμος . With Mithridatic triumph (see quot. 1649 at sense 1) compare classical Latin triumphus Mithridaticus. 1. Of or relating to Mithridates VI, king of Pontus (see mithridate n.); esp. in Mithridatic war n. any of three wars waged by Rome against him. ΚΠ 1649 J. Ogilby tr. Virgil Georgics (1684) ii. 79 (note) This Tree was first shewn by Pompey to Rome in his Mithridatick Triumph. 1655 Ld. Orrery Parthenissa II. i. viii. 436 Pompey could so soone and so successfully disinguadge himselfe from the Mithridatick Warre. 1745 N. Hooke Rom. Hist. II. Pref. The Mithridatic war, terminated by Pompey. 1770 J. Langhorne & W. Langhorne tr. Pompey in Plutarch Lives (Routledge) 434/1 In the Mithridatic war they [sc. the Pirates] assumed new confidence and courage. a1831 J. H. Newman in Encycl. Metrop. (1845) X. 280/2 At the termination of the Mithridatic war, Cicero was..marked out as the very individual to adjust the pretensions of the rival parties in the Commonwealth. 1876 Ladies' Repository 4 274/1 Lucullus brought a cherry-tree..as a trophy of his Mithridatic campaign. 1898 W. M. Ramsay in Expositor Aug. 132 The Romans aided them to gain their freedom in the Mithradatic wars. 1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 320/1 Afranius..lived in the times of Sertorian (79–72), third Mithradatic (74–61) and Civil Wars. 1920 Times 18 May 15/3 Rhodes..acknowledged the rule of Alexander the Great, and it wisely sided with the Romans..in the Mithridatic wars. 1988 Oxf. Illustr. Encycl. III. 60/1 Cappadocia suffered badly at the hands of the neighbouring Armenians during the Mithridatic War. 2. Also with lower-case initial. Relating to or of the nature of mithridatism or mithridate; having or conferring immunity to poisons. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > immunoprophylaxis > [adjective] > relating to mithridatism Mithridatic1889 1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Mithridatic, pertaining to mithridate, or its inventor, Mithridates. 1844 R. W. Emerson in Dial Apr. 517 Mithridatic stomachs which must be fed on poisoned bread. 1868 A. Helps Realmah (1869) vi. 122 Poison has no more effect on my Mithridatic constitution than ginger-beer. 1889 E. R. Lankester in Nature 13 June 149/2 The mithradatic theory of inoculations. 1940 L. Trilling in Kenyon Rev. Spring 171 The mithridatic function, by which tragedy is used as the small and controlled administration of pain to inure ourselves to the greater doses which life will force upon us. 1977 Times Lit. Suppl. 24 June 782/1 The real tragedy of Calcutta..may lie in the mithridatic function of the myth: as if by prophesying chaos it should be prevented. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1649
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