φάρμᾰκον [see. entry near the end], τό,
drug, whether healing or noxious: in [
Refs 8th c.BC+] the sense is frequently determined by an epithet, φάρμακα, πολλὰ μὲν ἐσθλὰ.., πολλὰ δὲ λυγρά [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; φ. οὐλόμενον[
Refs 8th c.BC+]
2 healing remedy, medicine, in [
Refs 8th c.BC+] mostly of those applied outwardly, ἐπιθήσει φάρμαχ᾽ ἅ κεν παύσῃσι μελαινάων ὀδυνάων [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐπ᾽ ἄρ᾽ ἤπια φάρμακα πάσσε[
Refs 8th c.BC+]; also of potions, πιὼν φάρμακ᾽ [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; of
medicines for cattle, [
Refs 3rd c.AD+]
2.b with
genitive (see. below [
Refs]
a medicine for it,
remedy against it, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; but ὑγιείας φ.
a medicine to restore or
maintain health, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]
3 enchanted potion, philtre: hence,
charm, spell, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; φαρμάκοις τὸν ἄνδρ᾽ ἔμηνεν [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; τοιαῦτα ἔχω φ. such
charms have I, [
NT+5th c.BC+]
4 poison, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; τοξικὸν φ. [
Refs 4th c.AD+]
5 lye for laundering, [
Refs 3rd c.AD+]
II generally,
remedy, cure, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; μεῖζον.. τῆς νόσου τὸ φ.
the cure too strong for, i. e. worse than, the disease, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; φ. πραΰ, of a bridle, [
Refs 7th c.BC+]; but most frequently φ. τινός
remedy against.. χλαῖνα.. φ. ῥίγευς [
Refs 6th c.BC+]; φ. πόνων, λύπης, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; δόλοι.. χρείας ἀνάνδρου φ.[
Refs 5th c.BC+]; λήθης φάρμακα (of γράμματα) [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; see at εὐδιανός.
II.2 with
genitive also,
a means of producing something, φ. σωτηρίας [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; φ. μανίας, of the oil applied to wrestlers, [
Refs 3rd c.AD+]
II.3 ἐπὶ θανάτῳ φ. ἑᾶς ἀρετᾶς εὑρέσθαι
a remedy or
consolation in his own virtue, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
III dye, paint, colour, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
IV chemical reagent, [
Refs 5th c.BC+];
used by tanners, [
Refs 5th c.BC+].—Cf. φαρμάσσω. [μ; but μᾱ in φαρμακός.]
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