English

Alternative forms

• alexipharmakon

Noun

alexipharmacon

1. An antidote to a poison.

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀλεξιφάρμακος ‎(alexiphármakos, “antidote”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /a.lek.siˈpʰar.ma.kon/, [a.ɫɛk.sɪˈpʰar.ma.kõ]

Noun

alexipharmacon n ‎(genitive alexipharmacī); second declension

1. an antidote (for a poison)

Inflection

Second declension, Greek type.

Descendants

• French: alexipharmaque
• Italian: alessifarmaco

References

• alexipharmacon in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “alexipharmacon”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.