panacea
See also: Panacea
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Latin panacēa, from Ancient Greek πανάκεια (panákeia), from πανακής (panakḗs, “all-healing”), from πᾶν (pân, “all”) (equivalent to English pan-) + ἄκος (ákos, “cure”).
Pronunciation
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Noun
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) The plant allheal (Valeriana officinalis), believed to cure all ills.
- 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
- (remedy to cure all disease): catholicon, cure-all, elixir, wonder drug
- (solution to all problems): miracle, magic bullet, silver bullet
- (plant): allheal, woundwort
Translations
remedy believed to cure all disease
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something that will solve all problems
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particular plant
See also
Italian
Etymology
From Latin panacēa, from Ancient Greek πανάκεια (panákeia), from πανακής (panakḗs, “all-healing”), from πᾶν (pân, “all”) + ἄκος (ákos, “cure”).
Noun
panacea f (plural panacee)
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek πανάκεια (panákeia) from πανακής (panakḗs, “all-healing”), from πᾶν (pân, “all”) + ἄκος (ákos, “cure”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /pa.naˈkeː.a/, [pänäˈkeːä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /pa.naˈt͡ʃe.a/, [pänäˈt͡ʃɛːä]
Noun
panacēa f (genitive panacēae); first declension
- A particular kind of plant, believed to cure all diseases.
- panacea, catholicon.
Declension
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | panacēa | panacēae |
| Genitive | panacēae | panacēārum |
| Dative | panacēae | panacēīs |
| Accusative | panacēam | panacēās |
| Ablative | panacēā | panacēīs |
| Vocative | panacēa | panacēae |
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “panacea”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “panacea”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- panacea in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “panacea”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin panacēa, Ancient Greek πανάκεια (panákeia), from πανακής (panakḗs, “all-healing”), from πᾶν (pân, “all”) + ἄκος (ákos, “cure”).
Noun
panacea f (plural panaceas)
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