panacea

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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

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.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

(1) pănăcēa,¹⁶ æ, f. Virg. En. 12, 419 ; pănăcēs, is, n. Plin. 25, 30 ; pănax, ăcis, m., Col. Rust. 11, 3, 29, panax, livèche [plantes].