Значение

значений: 4
  1. (исчисляемое, историческое, неисчисляемое)A universal antidote against all poisons, particularly medicines considered to derive from a recipe of the Roman physician Andromachus and representing an improvement on mithridate.

    Theriac was essentially homeopathic in its supposed function, being an improvement on mithridate by virtue of containing more poisons.

    Theriak

    териа́кteriák

  2. (исчисляемое, переносно, неисчисляемое)A hyponym of panacea.

  3. (архаичное, исчисляемое, неисчисляемое)Synonym of antidote, particularly (pseudoscience) those incorporating snakemeat to cure snakebite.

  4. (исчисляемое, устаревшее, неисчисляемое)Synonym of molasses.

Переводы

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Русский
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a supposed universal antidote, distinguished from mithridate:
Deutsch
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a supposed universal antidote, distinguished from mithridate:

Происхождение

From Medieval Latin theriacum, from Ancient Greek θηριακὸν (thēriakòn) and Late Latin ther

From Medieval Latin theriacum, from Ancient Greek θηριακὸν (thēriakòn) and Late Latin theriaca, from Ancient Greek θηριακὴ (thēriakḕ, “of or related to poisonous reptiles”), from θηρίον (thēríon, “little beast”) + -κός (-kós), from θήρ (thḗr, “beast”) + -ίον (-íon, diminutive suffix). Doublet of theriaca.

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