ἐμετικός
From LSJ
οὐχὶ σοῦσθ'; οὐκ ἐς κόρακας; οὐκ ἄπιτε; παῖε τῷ ξύλῳ → You will not go? The plague seize you! Will you not clear off? Hit them with your stick!
English (LSJ)
ή, όν,
A provoking sickness, ib.36. Adv. -κῶς, σπαραττόμενος Gal.13.155. II inclined to vomit, Hp.Acut.67; of certain animals, Arist.HA632b11. 2 one who uses emetics, like the Roman gourmands, Plu. Pomp.51. b ἐμετικὴν (sc. δίαιταν) agebat, he was taking a course of emetics, Cic.Att.13.52.1.
German (Pape)
[Seite 807] 1) Brechen erregend, z. B. φάρμακον Arist. probl. 3, 19. – 2) Einer, der oft sich erbricht, der wie die röm. Schwelger oft ein Brechmittel nimmt, um wieder schmausen zu können, Schwelger, Plut. Pomp. 51.
