πανάκεια

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πᾰνᾰκής (panakḗs, “all-healing”) +‎ -ια (-ia).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pa.ná.keː.a/ → /paˈna.ci.a/ → /paˈna.ci.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pa.ná.keː.a/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /paˈna.ki.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /paˈna.ci.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /paˈna.ci.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /paˈna.ci.a/

Noun

πᾰνᾰ́κεια • (panákeia) f (genitive πᾰνᾰ́κείᾱς); first declension

1. panacea, universal remedy
2. Hercules' woundwort (Opopanax hispidus)
3. lovage (Levisticum officinale)

   Synonym: λῐγῠστῐκόν (ligustikón)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ πᾰνᾰ́κειᾰ; τῆς πᾰνᾰκείᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ἡ πᾰνᾰ́κειᾰ hē panákeia	αἱ πᾰνᾰ́κειαι hai panákeiai
Genitive	τῆς πᾰνᾰκείᾱς tês panakeíās	τῶν πᾰνᾰκειῶν tôn panakeiôn
Dative	τῇ πᾰνᾰκείᾳ têi panakeíāi	ταῖς πᾰνᾰκείαις taîs panakeíais
Accusative	τὴν πᾰνᾰ́κειᾰν tḕn panákeian	τᾱ̀ς πᾰνᾰκείᾱς tā̀s panakeíās
Vocative	πᾰνᾰ́κειᾰ panákeia	πᾰνᾰ́κειαι panákeiai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: πανάκεια (panákeia)
• → Latin: panacea (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

• “πανάκεια”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• πανάκεια in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette