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Headword:
*pana/keia
Adler number: pi,153
Translated headword: panacea; Panakeia, Panacea
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning a] remedy/treatment.[1]
Also a name of a goddess.[2]
Greek Original:*pana/keia: qerapei/a. kai\ o)/noma qea=s.
Notes:
[1] Likewise in other lexica; references at
Photius pi124 Theodoridis. See generally LSJ s.v., I, including instances where, concretely, it refers to a particular medicinal herb.
[2] So e.g. in
Aristophanes,
Plutus [
Wealth] 702 and 730. Daughter of Asklepios, honored by part of an altar at
Oropos, according to
Pausanias 1.34.3 (web address 1).
Associated internet address:
Web address 1
Keywords: botany; comedy; definition; geography; medicine; mythology; religion; women
Translated by: Bobbiejo Winfrey on 25 August 2003@16:23:05.
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