theriac

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. (countable, historical, uncountable) A universal antidote against all poisons, particularly medicines considered to derive from a recipe of the Roman physician Andromachus and representing an improvement on mithridate.
2. (countable, figuratively, uncountable) A hyponym of panacea.
3. (archaic, countable, uncountable) Synonym of antidote, particularly (pseudoscience) those incorporating snakemeat to cure snakebite.
4. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) Synonym of molasses.

Adj

1. Synonym of theriacal: of or related to theriac.
2. (obsolete) Synonym of medicinal.

Sinonieme

theriaca

cocky’s joy

Vertalings

Theriak

triaca

thériaque

mélasse

melassa

melaço

melaza

macun

panzehir

şeker pekmezi

Melasse

tiryak

Sirup

μελάσσα

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈθɪriˌæk/

Etimologie (Engels)

From Medieval Latin theriacum, from Ancient Greek θηριακὸν (thēriakòn) and Late Latin theriaca, from Ancient Greek θηριακὴ (thēriakḕ, “of or related to poisonous reptiles”), from θηρίον (thēríon, “little beast”) + -κός (-kós), from θήρ (thḗr, “beast”) + -ίον (-íon, diminutive suffix). Doublet of theriaca.