panchrestus

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πάγχρηστος (pánkhrēstos, “good for all work”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /panˈkʰres.tus/, [päŋˈkʰrɛs̠t̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /panˈkres.tus/, [päŋˈkrɛst̪us]

Adjective

panchrestus (feminine panchresta, neuter panchrestum); first/second-declension adjective

1. (of remedies) good or useful for everything, universal

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	panchrestus	panchresta	panchrestum		panchrestī	panchrestae	panchresta
Genitive	panchrestī	panchrestae	panchrestī		panchrestōrum	panchrestārum	panchrestōrum
Dative	panchrestō		panchrestō		panchrestīs
Accusative	panchrestum	panchrestam	panchrestum		panchrestōs	panchrestās	panchresta
Ablative	panchrestō	panchrestā	panchrestō		panchrestīs
Vocative	panchreste	panchresta	panchrestum		panchrestī	panchrestae	panchresta

Derived terms

• panchrestārius

References

• “panchrestus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “panchrestus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• panchrestus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.