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Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin ēlectuārium.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌeː.lɛk.tyˈaː.ri.ʏm/, /eːˌlɛk.tyˈaː.ri.ʏm/
- Hyphenation: elec‧tu‧a‧ri‧um
Noun
electuarium n (plural electuaria)
- electuary (medicine mixed with honey or some kind of syrup)
- Synonym: likkepot
Latin
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Etymology
Probably a corruption of Ancient Greek ἐκλεικτόν (ekleiktón, “medicine that melts in the mouth, lozenge, jujube”), from ἐκλείχω (ekleíkhō, “to lick up”).
Pronunciation
Noun
ēlectuārium n (genitive ēlectuāriī or ēlectuārī); second declension
- An electuary: a medicine mixed with honey or other sweetener to ease oral consumption.
- (Medieval Latin) Prescription medicine generally.
c. 1300, Tractatus de Ponderibus et Mensuris:Uncia vero in electuariis consistit ex viginti denariis- In truth, the ounce in medicines is formed from twenty pennyweight.
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
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