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φαρμακοποσία

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: φαρμακοποσία

Structure: φαρμακοποσι (Stem) + ᾱ (Ending)

Sense

  1. a drinking of medicine
  2. a drinking of poison

Examples

  • τοὺσ εἰσ τὰ ἰατρεῖα αὐτοὺσ βαδίζοντασ ἐπὶ φαρμακοποσίᾳ ἀγνοεῖν οἰόμεθα ὅτι μετ’ ὀλίγον ὕστερον καὶ ἐπὶ πολλὰσ ἡμέρασ ἕξουσιν τοιοῦτον τὸ σῶμα, οἱο͂ν εἰ διὰ τέλουσ ἔχειν μέλλοιεν, ζῆν οὐκ ἂν δέξαιντο; (Plato, Laws, book 1 133:3)

Synonyms

  1. a drinking of medicine

  2. a drinking of poison

Related

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

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