tetrapharmacum
English edit
Etymology edit
See tetra- (“four”) and Latin pharmacum (“drug”).
Noun edit
tetrapharmacum (uncountable)
- (medicine, obsolete) A combination of wax, resin, lard, and pitch, composing an ointment.
- 1831, Alexander Lee, Aur. Cor. Celsus on Medicine:
- When the inflammation shall have ceased , the wound should be cleansed , and linen dipped in honey will answer this purpose best ; and over that must be applied the same plaster (tetrapharmacum) or the enneapharmacum.
Latin edit
Noun edit
tētrapharmacum n (genitive tētrapharmacī); second declension
- A substance composed of four ingredients
Declension edit
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | tētrapharmacum | tētrapharmaca |
| Genitive | tētrapharmacī | tētrapharmacōrum |
| Dative | tētrapharmacō | tētrapharmacīs |
| Accusative | tētrapharmacum | tētrapharmaca |
| Ablative | tētrapharmacō | tētrapharmacīs |
| Vocative | tētrapharmacum | tētrapharmaca |
References edit
- “tetrapharmacum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- tetrapharmacum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.