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Webster 1913 Edition

Basilicon

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Ba-sil′i-con

,
Noun.
[L.
basilicon
, Gr.
βασιλικόν
neut. of
βασιλικός
: cf. F.
basilicon
. See
Basilica
.]
(Med.)
An ointment composed of wax, pitch, resin, and olive oil, lard, or other fatty substance.

Webster 1828 Edition

Basilicon

BASIL'ICON

,
Noun.
s as z. [Gr.royal.]
An ointment. This name is given to several compositions in ancient medical writers. At present it is confined to three officinal ointments, distinguished into black,yellow and green basilicon.
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Definition 2024

basilicon

basilicon

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Alternative forms

Noun

basilicon ‎(usually uncountable, plural basilicons)

  1. (archaic, medicine) Any of various ointments believed to have “sovereign” virtues.

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek βασιλικόν ‎(basilikón) (basilikon; in the form basilicum, via the Latin basilicum), the neuter form of βασιλικός ‎(basilikós) (basilikos, “royal”; basilicus in Latin), understood as in the phrase βασιλικόν φάρμακον ‎(basilikón phármakon, “royal drug”).

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