theriac
A universal antidote against all poisons, particularly medicines considered to derive…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.
Значення
значень: 4(злічуване, історичне, незлічуване)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
(злічуване, переносно, незлічуване)A hyponym of panacea.
(архаїчне, злічуване, незлічуване)Synonym of antidote, particularly (pseudoscience) those incorporating snakemeat to cure snakebite.
(злічуване, застаріле, незлічуване)Synonym of molasses.
Переклади
мов: 7За значеннями 1
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Походження
From Medieval Latin theriacum, from Ancient Greek θηριακὸν (thēriakòn) and Late Latin therFrom 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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