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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From φᾰ́ρμᾰκον (phármakon, “drug, medicine”) + -σσω (-ssō).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pʰar.más.sɔː/ → /ɸarˈmas.so/ → /farˈma.so/
Verb
φᾰρμᾰ́σσω • (pharmássō)
- to treat by using drugs or medicines
- to heal or relieve by medicine
- to enchant or bewitch by potions or philtres
- to poison, intoxicate by drugs
- to dye, colour wool
- (cooking) to dress, season
- Synonym: ἀρτῠ́ω (artúō)
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Further reading
- “φαρμάσσω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “φαρμάσσω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “φαρμάσσω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- φαρμάσσω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- φαρμάσσω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963