ῥόφημα
καὶ οἱ ἀμαθέστατοι τῶν ἰατρῶν τὸ αὐτὸ σοὶ ποιοῦσιν, ἐλεφαντίνους νάρθηκας καὶ σικύας ἀργυρᾶς ποιούμενοι καὶ σμίλας χρυσοκολλήτους: ὁπόταν δὲ καὶ χρήσασθαι τούτοις δέῃ, οἱ μὲν οὐδὲ ὅπως χρὴ μεταχειρίσασθαι αὐτὰ ἴσασιν → the most ignorant of doctors do the same as you, getting themselves ivory containers, silver cupping instruments, and gold-inlaid scalpels; but when it's time to use those things, they haven't the slightest notion of how to handle them
English (LSJ)
Ion. ῥύφ-, ατος, τό,
A that which is supped up, thick gruel or porridge, opp. πόμα, Hp.Aph.7.68, VM5, Fist.7, Arist.Pr.863b6.
German (Pape)
[Seite 849] τό, das, was geschlürft, geschluckt wird, bes. ein durch Beimischung von Mehl od. sonst verdickter und schleimig gemachter Trank, Medic.; Ath. III, 127 d.
