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Ancient Greek
Noun
φαρμακός • (pharmakós) m (genitive φαρμακοῦ); ? declension
- one sacrificed or executed as an atonement or purification; scapegoat
- (term of abuse) criminal, worthless fellow
Usage notes
The second vowel is either long or short, φαρμᾱκός in Hipponax Iambographus and Callimachus Epicus;
φαρμᾰκός in Aristophanes (Equites); on the accent see Herodianus (Grammar 1.150); φαρμᾶκος in Harpocration (citying Didymus).
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