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φαρμακεύω

φαρμακεύω, to administer a drug

φαρμᾰκ-εύω,
  • administer a drug or medicine, Pl. R. 459c, Ti. 89d.
      • 2 use enchantments, practise sorcery, φαρμακεύσαντες ταῦτα ἐς τὸν ποταμόν having used this charm upon the river, Hdt. 7.114.
    • II c. acc. pers., purge, τινα Hp. Acut.(Sp.) 55; φ. ἄνω κούφῳ φαρμάκῳ purge upwards, i. e. by an emetic, Id. Art. 67, cf. Aph. 4.12:—Pass., to be purged, ib. 2.37, Men. Her.Fr. 5; to be physicked, Arist. Top. 111a2.
      • 2 drug a person, give him a poisonous or stupefying drug, E. Andr. 355, SIG 1181.4 (Rhenea, ii B. C.); φ. τινὰ ἐπὶ βλάβῃ μὴ θανασίμῳ Pl. Lg. 933d:—Pass., οὐ πεφαρμάκευσαι ἀλλὰ μεμάγ<ε>υσαι Astramps. Orac. 25.4 (ii A. D.), cf. POxy. 472.1 (ii A. D.).
      • 3 season in cookery, [ἰχθὺν] πεφαρμακευμένον τυροῖσι Philem. 79.5.
      • 4 metaph., πειθοῖ κακῇ τὴν ψυχὴν φ. Gorg. Fr. 11 D.

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