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|lshtext=<b>vĕnēnum</b>: i, n., orig., [[like]] [[φάρμακον]], [[any]] [[thing]], esp. [[any]] [[liquid]] [[substance]], [[that]] [[powerfully]] affects or changes the [[condition]] of the [[body]],<br /><b>I</b> a [[potion]], [[juice]], [[drug]] (cf. [[virus]]).<br /><b>I</b> In gen.: qui [[venenum]] dicit, adicere debet, [[utrum]] [[malum]] an [[bonum]]; nam et medicamenta venena sunt: [[quia]] eo nomine omne continetur, [[quod]] adhibitum naturam ejus, cui adhibitum esset, mutat. Cum id [[quod]] nos [[venenum]] appellamus, [[Graeci]] [[φάρμακον]] dicunt, [[apud]] illos [[quoque]] tam medicamenta, [[quam]] quae nocent hoc nomine continentur, etc., Dig. 50, 16, 236; cf. ib. 48, 8, 3.—Obsolete, [[however]], in this [[general]] signif.: qui [[venenum]] [[malum]] fecit fecerit, an old [[legal]] [[formula]] in Cic. Clu. 54, 148: [[avaritia]] pecuniae [[studium]] habet: ea [[quasi]] venenis malis imbuta [[corpus]] animum que virilem effeminat, Sall. C. 11, 3.—<br /><b>II</b> In partic.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> In a [[bad]] [[sense]], [[like]] [[φάρμακον]] (freq. and [[class]].).<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A [[potion]] [[that]] destroys [[life]], [[poison]], [[venom]] (cf. [[toxicum]]).<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>a</b> Lit.: ipsius veneni quae [[ratio]] fingitur? ubi [[quaesitum]] est? quem ad modum paratum? cui, quo in [[loco]] traditum? Cic. Cael. 24, 58; 21, 51; id. Clu. 60, 165; 61, 169; id. Phil. 11, 6, 13; id. N. D. 3, 33, 81; id. Tusc. 1, 40, 96: nobis [[veratrum]] est [[acre]] [[venenum]], Lucr. 4, 638; Verg. A. 4, 514; Hor. C. 1, 37, 28; id. Epod. 3, 5; 5, 22; id. S. 2, 3, 131: [[dare]], Liv. 40, 24, 5.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> Trop., [[mischief]], [[evil]], [[destruction]] ([[rare]], and not in Cic.): [[discordia]] ordinum est [[venenum]] urbis hujus, Liv. 3, 67, 6: regis Rupili pus [[atque]] [[venenum]], i e. [[virulence]], Hor. S. 1, 7, 1.—Of [[bad]] poems, Cat. 44, 12; 77, 5; cf.: humili [[veneno]] laedere aliquem, Stat. Th. 1, 171: venena linguarum, Treb. Poll. Trig. Tyr. 30: [[lingua]] est suffusa [[veneno]], Ov. M. 2, 777.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Lit., a magical [[potion]], [[charm]]: [[item]] ut [[Medea]] Peliam concoxit senem: Quem medicamento et suis venenis dicitur Fecisse [[rursus]] ex sene adulescentulum, Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 81: dira Medeae, Hor. Epod. 5, 62: Colcha, id. C. 2, 13, 8: Colchica, id. Epod. 17, 35; Cic. Or. 37, 129; Hor. C. 1, 27, 22; id. Epod. 5, 22; 5, 87; id. S. 1, 8, 19; 2, 1, 48; Ov. M. 7, 209; 14, 55; 14, 403: qui quodam [[quasi]] [[veneno]] perficiat, ut veros heredes moveat, Cic. Off. 3, 19, 76: id [[quod]] amatorium appellatur, [[venenum]] est, Dig. 48, 8, 3.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> Trop., [[charm]], [[seduction]]: [[aetas]] et [[corpus]] tenerum et [[morigeratio]], Haec sunt venena formosarum mulierum, Afran. ap. Non. 2, 7: intactos [[isto]] [[satius]] tentare [[veneno]] (i. e. amore), Prop. 2, 12 (3, 3), 19: blandum, Sil. 7, 453; 11, 309: occultum inspires ignem fallasque [[veneno]] (i. e. amoris), Verg. A. 1, 688.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> In a [[good]] [[sense]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A coloring [[material]], a [[color]], [[dye]], [[paint]] ([[poet]].): [[alba]] nec Assyrio fucatur [[lana]] [[veneno]], Verg. G. 2, 465; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 207; Ov. R. Am. 351.— *<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A [[drug]] used in embalming, Luc. 8, 691.