triaca
See also: Triaca
Italian edit
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Noun edit
triaca f (plural triache)
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- ^ triaca in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
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Sicilian edit
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trinaca, truiaca (dialectal variants)
Etymology edit
From Latin theriaca, from Ancient Greek θηριακή (thēriakḗ, “antidote”) feminine form of θηριακός (thēriakós, “concerning venomous beasts”), from θήρ (thḗr, “beast”).
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triaca f (plural triachi)
- (historical, pharmacology) theriac, a supposed universal antidote against poison, especially snake venom; specifically, one such developed in the 1st century as an improvement on mithridate.
- (typically Sicilian) A pasta dish made with fresh beans and served almost as a soup
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Spanish edit
Noun edit
triaca f (plural triacas)
Further reading edit
- “triaca”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014