Μιθραδάτης
ὥσπερ λίθοι τε καὶ πλίνθοι καὶ ξύλα καὶ κέραμος, ἀτάκτως μὲν ἐρριμμένα οὐδὲν χρήσιμά ἐστιν → just as stones and bricks, woodwork and tiles, tumbled together in a heap are of no use at all (Xenophon, Memorabilia 3.1.7)
English (LSJ)
[δᾱ], ου, ὁ, Mithradates, PPetr.3pp.170,172 (iii B. C.), OGI345.6 (i B. C.), etc.:—also Μιθριδ-, IG7.303.80 (Oropus, iii B. C.), PStrassb.115.12 (ii B. C.), etc.; Μιθροδ-, PGurob 22.2 (iii B. C.); Μειριδ-, PAvrom. 1 A 29, B31; Μιραδ-, ib.2A12, B17 (i B. C.):—hence Adj. Μιθραδάτειος, α, ον, πόλεμος App.Mith.121; M. φάρμακα ib.III, cf. Gal.14.2; Μιθριδάτειος ἀντίδοτος Dsc.Ther.3; Μιθριδάτιον, τό, dog's-tooth violet, Erythronium Dens canis, Plin.HN25.6.2 (also, = σκόρδιον, ibid., Ps.-Dsc.3.111); Μιθραδατισμός, ὁ, siding with M., Str.13.1.66.
Greek Monolingual
Μιθραδάτης, ὁ (Α)
βλ. Μιθριδάτης.
Russian (Dvoretsky)
Μιθραδάτης: ου ὁ v.l. = Μιθριδάτης.
Greco-Persian Names
APers. Miθra, the god Mithra, Av. Miθra (NPers. Mihr), Skt. mitra + APers. dāta, PPfP. of dā (I.E. *dhē), to create, Av. dā, Skt. dā, or dā (I.E. *dō), to give, Av. dā, Skt. dā; Mithra-created or Mithra-given.
