alexipharmacon

English

Alternative forms

• alexipharmakon

Noun

alexipharmacon (plural alexipharmacons)

1. An antidote to a poison.

Related terms

• alexipharmac
• alexipharmacum
• alexipharmic
• alexipharmical

 

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀλεξιφάρμακος (alexiphármakos, “antidote”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /a.lek.siˈpʰar.ma.kon/, [äɫ̪ɛks̠ɪˈpʰärmäkɔn]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a.lek.siˈfar.ma.kon/, [äleɡziˈfärmäkon]

Noun

alexipharmacon n (genitive alexipharmacī); second declension

1. an antidote (for a poison)

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter, Greek-type).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	alexipharmacon	alexipharmaca
Genitive	alexipharmacī	alexipharmacōrum
Dative	alexipharmacō	alexipharmacīs
Accusative	alexipharmacon	alexipharmaca
Ablative	alexipharmacō	alexipharmacīs
Vocative	alexipharmacon	alexipharmaca

Descendants

• French: alexipharmaque
• Italian: alessifarmaco

References

• “alexipharmacon”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• alexipharmacon in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.