panacea
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Latin panacēa, from Ancient Greek πανάκεια (panakeia), from πανακής (panakēs, “all-healing”), from πᾶν (pan, “all”) (equivalent to English pan-) + ἄκος (akos, “cure”).
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
panacea (plural panaceas or panaceæ)
- A remedy believed to cure all disease and prolong life that was originally sought by alchemists; a cure-all.
- Something that will solve all problems.
- A monorail will be a panacea for our traffic woes.
- (obsolete) A particular plant believed to provide a cure-all.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.v:
- There, whether it diuine Tobacco were, / Or Panachæa, or Polygony, / She found, and brought it to her patient deare [...].
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.v:
Synonyms [edit]
- (remedy to cure all disease): catholicon, cure-all
- (plant): allheal, woundwort
Translations [edit]
remedy believed to cure all disease
something that will solve all problems
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Italian [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Latin panacēa, from Ancient Greek πανάκεια (panakeia), from πανακής (panakēs, “all-healing”), from πᾶν (pan, “all”) + ἄκος (akos, “cure”).
Noun [edit]
panacea f (plural panacee)
Latin [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Ancient Greek πανάκεια (panakeia), from πανακής (panakēs, “all-healing”), from πᾶν (pan, “all”) + ἄκος (akos, “cure”).
Noun [edit]
panacēa (genitive panacēae); f, first declension
- A particular kind of plant, believed to cure all diseases.
- panacea, catholicon.
Inflection [edit]
| Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | panacēa | panacēae |
| genitive | panacēae | panacēārum |
| dative | panacēae | panacēīs |
| accusative | panacēam | panacēās |
| ablative | panacēā | panacēīs |
| vocative | panacēa | panacēae |
Derived terms [edit]
Descendants [edit]
Spanish [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Latin panacēa, Ancient Greek πανάκεια (panakeia), from πανακής (panakēs, “all-healing”), from πᾶν (pan, “all”) + ἄκος (akos, “cure”).
Noun [edit]
panacea f (plural panaceas)
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