fomentum

fomentum ī, n

FAV-, a warm application, poultice, fomentation : fomenta paret, H.: (iuvant) fomenta podagram, H.— A bandage : fomenta volneribus nulla, Ta.: fomentis iuvas volnera, O.— Fig., a lenitive, mitigation, alleviation : dolorum: fortitudinis fomentis dolor mitigari solet: Frigida curarum fomenta, i. e. pursuits which chill the heart with cares , H.