Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἐλατήριος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐλατήριος ἐλατήριον

Structure: ἐλατηρι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: e)lau/nw

Sense

  1. driving away

Examples

  • ἢ δεσμοῖσι σφίγγοντεσ ὑπὲρ σφυρὰ καὶ γούνατα · ἄριστον δὲ καὶ ὑπὲρ καρποὺσ ἐσ πήχεασ καὶ ὑπὲρ πήχεασ ἐσ βραχίονα· ἢν δὲ καταπίνειν Ῥήϊστον ᾖ, ἐλατήριον διδόναι ξὺν μελικρήτῳ καὶ ὀρρῷ γάλακτοσ, ὁκόσον ἂν καθῆραι ἱκανὸν ᾖ τὸν ἄνθρωπον. (Aretaeus, The Extant Works of Aretaeus, The Cappadocian., ARETAIOU KAPPADOKOU OCEWN NOUSWN QERAPEUTIKON, 298)
  • ἐλατήριον δὲ τοῖσδε τῶν ἄλλων καθαρτηρίων κρέσσον · ξύμφορον δὲ καὶ κνέωρον καὶ νᾶπυ. (Aretaeus, The Extant Works of Aretaeus, The Cappadocian., ARETAIOU KAPPADOKOU OCEWN NOUSWN QERAPEUTIKON, 299)
  • ‐‐ Ἄλλο‧ ποίη ἡ ικρόφυλλοσ, ᾗ ὄνομα παρθένιον τὸ μικρόφυλλον, ἣ τὰ θύμια τὰ ἀπὸ τοῦ ποσθίου ἀφαιρεῖ, καὶ στυπτηρίη ἡ χαλκῖτισ‧ καὶ μηλίαδοσ ὠμῆσ‧ ἐλατήριον λεπτὸν ξηρὸν προστεῖλαι, καὶ τὸ σίδιον λεπτὸν ξηρὸν ὡσαύτωσ. (Hippocrates, Oeuvres Completes D'Hippocrate., , 14.3)
  • καὶ οἱ ἰατροὶ καθάρσεισ προσῆγον καὶ πιὼν ἐλατήριον εἰσ δύο ἡμέρασ ἐκαθαιρόμην, ἑώσ εἰσ αἷμα ἀπέσκηψε. (Aristides, Aelius, Orationes, 15:4)

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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