mithridatic

1. (medicine, archaic) Synonym of antidote: a treatment which functions like a mithridate.Synonyms: antidotearchaic

1. (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.Examples: "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."; "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."; "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."historicalnot-comparable