φαρμακεύω

pharmakeuo

administer a drug

Appears 3 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Laws 1
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Book XI 1
Chapter ?

933d1
Republic 1
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Book V 1
Chapter ?

459c5
Timaeus 1
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89d1

Dictionary (LSJ)

φαρμακεύω, A. 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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