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ἐλατήριος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐλατήριος ἐλατήριον

Structure: ἐλατηρι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: e)lau/nw

Sense

  1. driving away

Examples

  • Ὁκόταν δὲ ἐσ τέκμαρσιν λέγηται ὡσ χρὴ ἕκαστα ἰητρεύειν, ἐν τουτέοισι πολλὰ ἑτεροίωσ γιγνώσκω ἢ ὡσ ἐκεῖνοι ἐπεξῄεσαν‧ καὶ οὐ μοῦνον διὰ τοῦτο οὐκ ἐπαινέω, ἀλλ’ ὅτι καὶ ὀλίγοισι τὸν ἀριθμὸν τοῖσιν ἀκέεσιν ἐχρέοντο‧ τὰ γὰρ πλεῖστα αὐτέοισιν εἰρέαται πλὴν τῶν ὀξειῶν νούσων, φάρμακα ἐλατήρια διδόναι καὶ ὀῤῬὸν καὶ γάλα ἐσ τὴν ὡρ́ην πιπίσκειν. (Hippocrates, Oeuvres Completes D'Hippocrate., , 1.3)

Synonyms

  1. driving away

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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