panchrestus (panchristus), a, um, adj., = πάγχρηστος,
I good or useful for every thing : medicamenta, Plin. 36, 20, 38, § 146; 23, 7, 71, § 136.—
II Transf., ironically: cum omnes ejus comites iste sibi suo illo panchresto medicamento amicos reddidisset, by his sovereign remedy , i. e. money , Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 65, § 152.