panacea
See also: Panacea
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Latin panacēa, from Ancient Greek πανάκεια (panákeia), from πανακής (panakḗs, “all-healing”), from πᾶν (pân, “all”) (equivalent to English pan-) + ἄκος (ákos, “cure”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
panacea (plural panaceas or panaceae or panaceæ)
- A remedy believed to cure all disease and prolong life that was originally sought by alchemists; a cure-all.
- Synonym: heal-all
- A solution to all problems.
- A monorail will be a panacea for our traffic woes.
- 1842, [anonymous collaborator of Letitia Elizabeth Landon], chapter XXVII, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 53:
- When busy he was better, and appeared to think perpetual motion a panacea for his unnamed and un-nameable complaint; and so much were they hurried from place to place, after their arrival at Genoa, that both sisters were thankful when they embarked again, as the sea appeared a resting-place...
- 1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 206:
- Podson was seated on the bed, going through such turf forecasts as he could find in the papers; his panacea for correcting the mistakes of fortune.
- 2023 January 11, “Network News: MPs seek clarity on hydrogen's role”, in RAIL, number 974, page 13:
- Hydrogen is not a panacea for reaching the zero net emissions target by 2050, but it can grow to become "a big niche" fuel in particular sectors and applications, claims a new report.
- (obsolete) The plant allheal (Valeriana officinalis), believed to cure all ills.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto V”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
- There, whether it diuine Tobacco were, / Or Panachæa, or Polygony, / She found, and brought it to her patient deare […]
Synonyms edit
- (remedy to cure all disease): catholicon, cure-all, elixir, wonder drug, miracle cure, theriac, balm of Gilead
- (solution to all problems): miracle, magic bullet, silver bullet
- (plant): allheal, woundwort
Hyponyms edit
- (remedy to cure all disease): See mithridate and theriac (universal antidotes)
Translations edit
remedy believed to cure all disease
|
solution to all problems
|
particular plant
See also edit
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
From Learned borrowing from Latin panacēa, from Ancient Greek πανάκεια (panákeia), from πανακής (panakḗs, “all-healing”), from πᾶν (pân, “all”) + ἄκος (ákos, “cure”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
panacea f (plural panacees)
Further reading edit
- “panacea” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Italian edit
Etymology edit
From Latin panacēa, from Ancient Greek πανάκεια (panákeia), from πανακής (panakḗs, “all-healing”), from πᾶν (pân, “all”) + ἄκος (ákos, “cure”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
panacea f (plural panacee)
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek πανάκεια (panákeia) from πανακής (panakḗs, “all-healing”), from πᾶν (pân, “all”) + ἄκος (ákos, “cure”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /pa.naˈkeː.a/, [pänäˈkeːä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /pa.naˈt͡ʃe.a/, [pänäˈt͡ʃɛːä]
Noun edit
panacēa f (genitive panacēae); first declension
- A particular kind of plant, believed to cure all diseases.
- panacea, catholicon.
Declension edit
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | panacēa | panacēae |
| Genitive | panacēae | panacēārum |
| Dative | panacēae | panacēīs |
| Accusative | panacēam | panacēās |
| Ablative | panacēā | panacēīs |
| Vocative | panacēa | panacēae |
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
References edit
- “panacea”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “panacea”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- panacea in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “panacea”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
From Latin panacēa, Ancient Greek πανάκεια (panákeia), from πανακής (panakḗs, “all-healing”), from πᾶν (pân, “all”) + ἄκος (ákos, “cure”).
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (Spain) /panaˈθea/ [pa.naˈθe.a]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /panaˈsea/ [pa.naˈse.a]
- Rhymes: -ea
- Syllabification: pa‧na‧ce‧a
Noun edit
panacea f (plural panaceas)
Further reading edit
- “panacea”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014