pănăcēa, ae, f., pănăces, is, n., also pănax, ăcis, m., = πανάκεια, πανακές, πάναξ.
I An herb to which was ascribed the power of healing all diseases , all-heal , panacea , catholicon; on the different kinds, v. Plin. 25, 4, 11, § 30 sq.: odorifera panacea, Verg. A. 12, 419: panaces ipso nomine omnium morborum remedia promittit, Plin. 25, 4, 11, § 30: panax levi et subactā terrā rarissime disseritur, Col. 11, 3, 29.—
II A plant , called also ligusticum silvestre: ligusticum silvestre panacem aliqui vocant, Plin. 19, 8, 50, § 165.—Form panaces, Plin. 20, 16, 60, § 168.—
III A plant : pastinaca opopinax.—Form panax, Plin. 12, 26, 57, § 127.
2 Personified: Pănăcēa , ae, f., one of the four daughters of Aesculapius , Plin. 35, 11, 40, § 137.