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|lshtext=<b>pănăcēa</b>: ae, f., pănăces, is, n., also pănax, ăcis, m., = [[πανάκεια]], πανακές, [[πάναξ]]>.<br /><b>I</b> An [[herb]] to [[which]] [[was]] ascribed the [[power]] of [[healing]] all diseases, all-[[heal]], [[panacea]], catholicon; on the [[different]] kinds, v. Plin. 25, 4, 11, § 30 sq.: odorifera [[panacea]], Verg. A. 12, 419: panaces ipso nomine omnium morborum remedia promittit, Plin. 25, 4, 11, § 30: [[panax]] levi et subactā terrā rarissime disseritur, Col. 11, 3, 29.—<br /><b>II</b> A [[plant]], called also ligusticum silvestre: ligusticum silvestre panacem [[aliqui]] vocant, Plin. 19, 8, 50, § 165.—Form panaces, Plin. 20, 16, 60, § 168.—<br /><b>III</b> A [[plant]]: [[pastinaca]] opopinax.—Form [[panax]], Plin. 12, 26, 57, § 127.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Personified: Pănăcēa, ae, f., one of the [[four]] daughters of Æsculapius, Plin. 35, 11, 40, § 137.
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pănăcēa: ae, f., pănăces, is, n., also pănax, ăcis, m., = πανάκεια, πανακές, πάναξ>.
I An herb to which was ascribed the power of healing all diseases, all-heal, panacea, catholicon; on the different kinds, v. Plin. 25, 4, 11, § 30 sq.: odorifera panacea, Verg. A. 12, 419: panaces ipso nomine omnium morborum remedia promittit, Plin. 25, 4, 11, § 30: panax levi et subactā terrā rarissime disseritur, Col. 11, 3, 29.—
II A plant, called also ligusticum silvestre: ligusticum silvestre panacem aliqui vocant, Plin. 19, 8, 50, § 165.—Form panaces, Plin. 20, 16, 60, § 168.—
III A plant: pastinaca opopinax.—Form panax, Plin. 12, 26, 57, § 127.
   2    Personified: Pănăcēa, ae, f., one of the four daughters of Æsculapius, Plin. 35, 11, 40, § 137.