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Webster 1913 Edition


Panacea

Panˊa-ce′a

,
Noun.
[L., fr. Gr.
πανάκεια
fr.
πανακήσ
all-healing;
πᾶσ
πᾶν
, all +
ἀκεῖσθαι
to heal.]
1.
A remedy for all diseases; a universal medicine; a cure-all; catholicon; hence, a relief or solace for affliction.
2.
(Bot.)
The herb allheal.

Webster 1828 Edition


Panacea

PANACE'A

,
Noun.
[L. from Gr. all, and to cure.]
1.
A remedy for all diseases; a universal medicine.
2.
An herb.

Definition 2024


Panacea

Panacea

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English

Proper noun

Panacea

  1. (Greek mythology) The goddess/personification of healing, remedies, cures and panaceas (medicines, salves, ointments and other curatives). She is a daughter of Asclepius and Epione.

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panacea

panacea

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English

Alternative forms

Noun

panacea (plural panaceas or panaceæ)

  1. A remedy believed to cure all disease and prolong life that was originally sought by alchemists; a cure-all.
  2. Something that will solve all problems.
    A monorail will be a panacea for our traffic woes.
  3. (obsolete) A particular plant believed to provide a cure-all.
    • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.v:
      There, whether it diuine Tobacco were, / Or Panachæa, or Polygony, / She found, and brought it to her patient deare [...].

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin panacēa, from Ancient Greek πανάκεια (panákeia), from πανακής (panakḗs, all-healing), from πᾶν (pân, all) + ἄκος (ákos, cure).

Noun

panacea f (plural panacee)

  1. panacea, cure-all

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πανάκεια (panákeia), from πανακής (panakḗs, all-healing), from πᾶν (pân, all) + ἄκος (ákos, cure).

Pronunciation

Noun

panacēa f (genitive panacēae); first declension

  1. A particular kind of plant, believed to cure all diseases.
  2. panacea, catholicon.

Inflection

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative panacēa panacēae
genitive panacēae panacēārum
dative panacēae panacēīs
accusative panacēam panacēās
ablative panacēā panacēīs
vocative panacēa panacēae

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin panacēa, Ancient Greek πανάκεια (panákeia), from πανακής (panakḗs, all-healing), from πᾶν (pân, all) + ἄκος (ákos, cure).

Noun

panacea f (plural panaceas)

  1. panacea