hydragogus

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

hydrăgōgus, a, um, adj., = ὑδραγωγός, that carries off water.

I Adj. : utendum aquiducis medicamentis, quae Graeci hydragoga vocaverunt, Cael. Aur. Tard. 3, 8, 119.—

II Subst.: hydrage-gos , i, f., a plant , called also chamaedaphne and daphnites, App. Herb. 27.