ĕlătērĭum, ii, n., = ἐλατήριον,
a medicine prepared from the juice of the wild cucumber , Cels. 5, 12; 6, 5; Scribon. Comp. 70, 224; Plin. 20, 1, 3, § 5 al.
·noun A cathartic substance obtained, in the form of yellowish or greenish cakes, as the dried resid...
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