athera

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

ăthēra, ae, f., = ἀθήρα,

a medicine prepared from arinca: Olyram arincam diximus vocari. Hac decoctā fit medicamentum, quod Aegyptii atheram vocant, Plin. 22, 25, 57, § 121.