antidotum
From LSJ
Πενία δ' ἄτιμον καὶ τὸν εὐγενῆ ποιεῖ → Pauper inhonorus, genere sit clarus licet → Die Armut nimmt selbst dem, der edel ist, die Ehr'
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
antĭdŏtum: i, n., and -us or -ŏs, i, f. (cf. Scrib. Larg. Comp. 99, 106, and passages cited there), = ἀντίδοτον (-ος),
I a counterpoison.
I Lit.: antidota raro, sed interdum necessaria sunt, Cels. 5, 23; Phaedr. 1, 14, 3: se antidotum daturum, Quint. 7, 2, 25; so Suet. Calig. 23; id. Ner. 34 al.: antidotus, Gell. 17, 16; Dig. 18, 1, 35.—Sometimes, in gen., an antidote, remedy, Spart. Hadr. 23.—
II Trop.: antidotum adversus Caesarem, Suet. Calig. 29.
