ἔμπλαστρος
κρείσσων ἐναρχόμενος βοηθῶν καρδίᾳ τοῦ ἐπαγγελλομένου καὶ εἰς ἐλπίδα ἄγοντος· δένδρον γὰρ ζωῆς ἐπιθυμία ἀγαθή (Proverbs 13.12 LXX) → One who sincerely sets about helping is better than one who makes promises leading to hope; for a kindly urge is a tree of life.
English (LSJ)
ἡ, A salve or plaster, Dsc.1.32; said to be later form of ἔμπλαστος, Gal.13.372; also ἔμπλαστρον, τό, Hierocl.Facet.221, PSI3.297 (V A. D.).
Spanish (DGE)
-ου, ἡ
medic. emplasto κίκινον ἔλαιον ... ἐμπλάστροις μιγέν Dsc.1.32.2, cf. Archig. en Gal.13.256, Thessal.211.4, Gal.12.236, Ael.Prom.46.19, PSI 297.1 (V d.C.), Gp.12.12.2, 17.22, Αἰγυπτία ἔ. Damocr. en Gal.13.821
•fig. bálsamo εὑρὼν ἰατρὸν ἔμπλαστρον ἐπιτιθέντα νεκροῖς ref. a Cristo, Hsch.H.Hom.12.8.5, cf. 15.7.6, τῆς ὑπομονῆς Leont.Const.Hom.5.163.