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φαρμακεύς

Third declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: φαρμακεύς φαρμακέως

Structure: φαρμακευ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: fa/rmakon

Sense

  1. a poisoner, sorcerer

Declension

Third declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • ὡσ γοῦν ἐπὶ πολὺ τὰ προσόντα τῷ διαβαλλομένῳ πρὸσ τὸ χεῖρον μεταβάλλοντεσ οὐκ ἀπιθάνουσ ποιοῦνται τὰσ κατηγορίασ, οἱο͂ν τὸν μὲν ἰατρὸν διαβάλλουσιν ὡσ φαρμακέα, τὸν πλούσιον δὲ ὡσ τύραννον, τὸν τυραννικὸν δὲ ὡσ προδοτικόν. (Lucian, Calumniae non temere credundum, (no name) 13:2)
  • ἄλλωσ τε καὶ ἡ ἐκ τοῦ ἀπωσθῆναι διαβολὴ πρὸσ τὸ μεῖζον εἰκαζομένη μοιχὸν ἢ φαρμακέα σε ἤ τι τοιοῦτον ἄλλο δοκεῖν ποιεῖ· (Lucian, De mercede, (no name) 40:2)
  • Ἀλλὰ ἐθέλεισ, ὦ Ζεῦ, τουτονὶ τὸν φαρμακέα προκατακλίνεσθαί μου; (Lucian, Dialogi deorum, 1:3)

Synonyms

  1. a poisoner

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

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