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}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "supposed universal antidote against poison",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "metridat"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "supposed universal antidote against poison",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "mithridate"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "supposed universal antidote against poison",
"word": "Mithridat"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "supposed universal antidote against poison",
"word": "mitridato"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "supposed universal antidote against poison",
"word": "mithridatium"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "supposed universal antidote against poison",
"word": "mithridatum"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "supposed universal antidote against poison",
"word": "mitridátio"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "supposed universal antidote against poison",
"word": "mithridato"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "supposed universal antidote against poison",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "mitridato"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Mithridates VI of Pontus",
"Pontus",
"mithridate"
],
"word": "mithridate"
}
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