protrepticon
From LSJ
Ἐς δὲ τὰ ἔσχατα νουσήματα αἱ ἔσχαται θεραπεῖαι ἐς ἀκριβείην, κράτισται → But for extreme illnesses, extreme remedies, applied with severe exactitude, are the best (Hippocrates, Aphorism 6)
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
protreptĭcon: or -um, i, n., = προτρεπτικόν,
I an exhortation, a hortatory or protreptical discourse, Treb. Pol. 2; Stat. S. 5, 2 in lemm.; Aus. Idyll. 4 praef.; Sid. Ep. 1, 25.
