Lewis Short
(adjective) : Mĭthrĭdātes, is (dat. -dati, Gell. 15, 1, 6), m., = Μιθριδάτης.
* 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.
* A witness against Flaccus, Cic. Fl. 17, 41.
* A king of Pergamos, a friend of Caesar, Auct. B. Alex. 26.
* Surnamed Euergetes, an ally of the Romans against Carthage, Just. 37.
* The fifth king of the Parthians, the most powerful of all the Parthian kings, Just. 41.
* The eighth king of the Parthians, Just. 42, 2.
* A king of Armenia, Tac. A. 11, 8 sq.; 12, 45 sq.—Hence
* Mĭthrĭ-dātēus, a, um, (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.
* 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.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary