tetrapharmacum

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

tē̆trăpharmăcum, i, n., = τετραφάρμακον.

I A plaster composed of four ingredients , Veg. Vet. 4, 28 med. (in Cels. 5, 19, 9; 5, 26, 35, and Scrib. Comp. 211, written as Greek).—

II A mess of four kinds of food , Spart. Hadr. 21; Ael. Ver. 5; Lampr. Alex. Sev. 30.

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