Theriaca

  • 111THAPSUS — oppis. Siciliae vetus in peninsula situm non procul a Syracusis, plana et quam minimum a mari eminens, adeo, ut undis mersa videatur; unde et nomen ἀπὸ τȏυ θάπτεςθαι, quod in mari quodammodo sepulta videatur. Unde Virgil. l. 3. Aen. v. 698.… …

    Hofmann J. Lexicon universale

  • 112VIPERA — Isidoro, Origin. l. 12. c. 4. quod vi pariat, uti Graecis Grammaticis plerisque ἔχις, quia ἔχῃ, contineat usque ad mortem fetum. Nempe viperam marem in coitu caput inserere ori coniugis ac in illud exspuere semen, illamque, rabidâ libidinis… …

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  • 113ZENODOTUS Troezenius — Umbricam historiam condidit, Dionys. Halicarn. l. 2. Suspicari autem liceat eundem esse ex quo Solin. c. 8. tradit, Praeneste ita dici a Praenesto Latini filio, Ulyssis nepote. Quam nominis rationem etiam legere est apud Steph. in Πραίνεςτος, et… …

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  • 114triaca — tri·à·ca s.f. OB medicamento di origine alchimistica, costituito da moltissimi ingredienti fra cui la carne di vipera, al quale si attribuivano poteri straordinari come antidoto contro il morso dei serpenti e nella cura delle malattie {{line}}… …

    Dizionario italiano

  • 115triaca — (meno com. teriaca) s.f. [dal gr. thēriakḗ (antídotos ) (rimedio) contro le morsicature di animali velenosi , lat. theriăcus agg., theriăca s.f.]. 1. (farm.) [antichissimo farmaco adoperato come antidoto contro ogni veleno]. 2. (estens.) [rimedio …

    Enciclopedia Italiana

  • 116treacle — trea|cle [ˈtri:kəl] n [U] [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: triacle, from Latin theriaca, from Greek theriake cure for a poisonous bite , from therion wild animal ] 1.) BrE a thick sweet black sticky liquid that is obtained from the sugar… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 117Theriak — The|ri|ak der; s <aus gleichbed. (m)lat. theriaca, theriace, eigtl. »Medikament gegen den Biss giftiger Tiere«, dies aus gr. thēriake̅ zu thēriakós »gegen das Gift wilder Tiere (vor allem Schlangen) wirksam« zu thēría, vgl. ↑Theria> das… …

    Das große Fremdwörterbuch

  • 118treacle — [14] Treacle is etymologically an ‘antidote to the bite of wild animals’. The word comes via Old French triacle and Latin thēriaca from Greek thēriaké. This was short for antídotos thēriaké ‘antidote to poisonous animals’, thēriaké being a… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 119ԹԻՒՐԱԿԷ — (էի, էք կամ էս. կամ կեայք, կեայց, կէից.) NBH 1 0813 Chronological Sequence: Unknown date, Early classical, 10c, 13c գ. ԹԻՒՐԱԿԷ θηριακή, κά theriaca Տ. եւ ԹԵՐԱԿԷ, ԹԵՐԻԱԿԷ. ռմկ. թիրեաք. Բառ յն. թիրիագի՛, գա՛. այսինքն գազանական. Դեղ կամ դեղթափ… …

    հայերեն բառարան (Armenian dictionary)

  • 120treacle — (n.) mid 14c., medicinal compound, antidote for poison, from O.Fr. triacle antidote (c.1200), from V.L. *triacula, from L. theriaca, from Gk. theriake (antidotos) antidote for poisonous wild animals, from fem. of theriakos of a wild animal, from… …

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