Ancient Greek

Noun

φάρμακον • ‎(phármakon) n ‎(genitive φαρμάκου)

1. A drug, whether healing or noxious
2. A healing drug, medicine, remedy
3. A potion, charm, spell
4. A deadly drug, poison
5. A dye, color

References

• φάρμακον in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• φάρμακον in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• φάρμακον in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• «φάρμακον» in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• «φάρμακον» in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• φάρμακον in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English-Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • alchemy idem, page 22.
  • antidote idem, page 32.
  • balm idem, page 60.
  • bane idem, page 61.
  • charm idem, page 126.
  • colour idem, page 143.
  • cure idem, page 190.
  • dose idem, page 247.
  • drug idem, page 254.
  • enchantment idem, page 270.
  • fascination idem, page 308.
  • lotion idem, page 501.
  • magic idem, page 507.
  • medicine idem, page 521.
  • narcotic idem, page 550.
  • opiate idem, page 576.
  • paint idem, page 589.
  • palliative idem, page 590.
  • physic idem, page 610.
  • pigment idem, page 612.
  • poison idem, page 624.
  • potion idem, page 629.
  • remedy idem, page 692.
  • restorative idem, page 705.
  • salve idem, page 732.
  • soporific idem, page 794.
  • spell idem, page 801.
  • venom idem, page 947.
  • weed idem, page 972.
• pharmacon in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911