quack
quack
subs.
Use P. and V. φθέγμᾰ, τό, φθόγγος, ὁ, V. φθογγή, ἡ.
Charlatan: P. and V. γόης, ὁ, μά̆γος, ὁ, ἀ̆γύρτης, ὁ.
Fem., V. ἀ̆γύρτρια, ἡ, Ar. φέναξ, ὁ, Ar. and P. ἀ̆λάζων, ὁ.
Be a quack, v.: Ar. and P. ἀ̆λαζονεύεσθαι.
Quack doctor: Ar. ἰ̄ᾱτροτέχνης, ὁ.
subs.
Use P. and V. φθέγμᾰ, τό, φθόγγος, ὁ, V. φθογγή, ἡ.
Charlatan: P. and V. γόης, ὁ, μά̆γος, ὁ, ἀ̆γύρτης, ὁ.
Fem., V. ἀ̆γύρτρια, ἡ, Ar. φέναξ, ὁ, Ar. and P. ἀ̆λάζων, ὁ.
Be a quack, v.: Ar. and P. ἀ̆λαζονεύεσθαι.
Quack doctor: Ar. ἰ̄ᾱτροτέχνης, ὁ.
quack
adj.
Use spurious.
adj.
Use spurious.
quack
v. intrans.
Use P. and V. φθέγγεσθαι.
v. intrans.
Use P. and V. φθέγγεσθαι.
QUACK
v. To cry as a duck tetrinnire (Auct. Carm. ad Phil.).
To brag se jactare; insolenter gloriari; gloriosius de se praedicare. [Vid: also BRAG.]
To practice medicine as a quack *pharmacopolarum more medicinam exercere; *pharmacopolae negotium exercere.
To take quack medicine *pharmacopolam morbo adhibere; *malis medicamentis uti.
v. To cry as a duck tetrinnire (Auct. Carm. ad Phil.).
To brag se jactare; insolenter gloriari; gloriosius de se praedicare. [Vid: also BRAG.]
To practice medicine as a quack *pharmacopolarum more medicinam exercere; *pharmacopolae negotium exercere.
To take quack medicine *pharmacopolam morbo adhibere; *malis medicamentis uti.
s. Irregular medical practitioner pharmacopola circumforaneus; empiricus (sc. medicus deriving his knowledge from practice only); medicus artis suae parum peritus.
An empty boaster jactator; ostentator; homo vaniloquus; homo vanus or gloriosus. Vid: BRAGGART.
An empty boaster jactator; ostentator; homo vaniloquus; homo vanus or gloriosus. Vid: BRAGGART.
quack (v.):
I. As a duck: (?) tĕtrinnĭo, 4: Auct. Carm. de Philomath. 22.
II. To make loud and boastful pretensions, esp. in medicine ("To quack of universal cures": Hudibras): se jactare: gloriari: v.TO BOAST ; TO BRAG .
III. To practise medicine as a quack: perh. *medicinam circulatoriam facere, v.QUACKERY : empiricen facere (cf. Plin. 29, 1, 4: alia factio--ab experimentis cognominant empiricen): cf. Cels. l. inf. cit. s. v. QUACK (subs.).
I. As a duck: (?) tĕtrinnĭo, 4: Auct. Carm. de Philomath. 22.
II. To make loud and boastful pretensions, esp. in medicine ("To quack of universal cures": Hudibras): se jactare: gloriari: v.
III. To practise medicine as a quack: perh. *medicinam circulatoriam facere, v.
quack (subs.), fr. the v.: and quacksalver (Germ. quacksalber).
I. A boastful pretender to any art: jactātor: ostentātor: homo vaniloquus, gloriosus: also expr. by verbs: v.BRAGGART , IMPOSTOR , PRETENDER
II. Prop. an itinerant medical practitioner, who puffs his drugs in public places; but now, any irregular practitioner, esp. one who boasts of a specific:
1. circŭlātor, m.: cf. Cels. 5, 27, 3, quod per quaedam medicamenta c. faciunt: hence expr. a quack-medicine by medicamentum circulatorium.
2. pharmăcŏpōla, ae, m. (a medicine-vendor), Hor. S. 1, 2, 1: and ph. circumforaneus (a travelling medicine-vendor), Cic. Clu. 14, 40.
3. histrĭo, m.: et Cels. 5, 26, 1, histrionis est parvam rem attollere.
4. ĭātrăliptă, or -ēs, ae, m. (Gk. ἰατραλείπτης, one who cures by anointing, exactly = quacksalver), Cels. 1, 1. Plin. Ep. 10, 4: cf.EMPIRIC .
5. praestigiātor: v.JUGGLER .
I. A boastful pretender to any art: jactātor: ostentātor: homo vaniloquus, gloriosus: also expr. by verbs: v.
II. Prop. an itinerant medical practitioner, who puffs his drugs in public places; but now, any irregular practitioner, esp. one who boasts of a specific:
1. circŭlātor, m.: cf. Cels. 5, 27, 3, quod per quaedam medicamenta c. faciunt: hence expr. a quack-medicine by medicamentum circulatorium.
2. pharmăcŏpōla, ae, m. (a medicine-vendor), Hor. S. 1, 2, 1: and ph. circumforaneus (a travelling medicine-vendor), Cic. Clu. 14, 40.
3. histrĭo, m.: et Cels. 5, 26, 1, histrionis est parvam rem attollere.
4. ĭātrăliptă, or -ēs, ae, m. (Gk. ἰατραλείπτης, one who cures by anointing, exactly = quacksalver), Cels. 1, 1. Plin. Ep. 10, 4: cf.
5. praestigiātor: v.