φαρμακεία

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

From φαρμακεύω (pharmakeúō, “to use drugs”) +‎ -ία (-ía), from φάρμακον (phármakon).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰar.ma.kěː.aː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pʰar.maˈki.a/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɸar.maˈci.a/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /far.maˈci.a/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /far.maˈci.a/

Noun

φᾰρμᾰκείᾱ • (pharmakeíā) f (genitive φᾰρμᾰκείᾱς); first declension

pharmacy; the use of drugs or medicines
sorcery, witchcraft

Descendants

→ Gothic: 𐌻𐌿𐌱𐌾𐌰𐌻𐌴𐌹𐍃𐌴𐌹 (lubjaleisei) (calque) (possibly)
→ Latin: pharmacia (learned) (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

“φαρμακεία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“φαρμακεία”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
φαρμακεία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
G5331 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- alchemy idem, page 22.
- chemistry idem, page 129.
- drugging idem, page 255.
- magic idem, page 507.
- pharmacy idem, page 610.
- poisoning idem, page 624.
- sorcery idem, page 794.
- spell idem, page 801.
- witchcraft idem, page 983.

Greek

Etymology 1

Noun

φαρμακεία • (farmakeía) f (plural φαρμακείες)

poisoning

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	φαρμακεία (farmakeía)	φαρμακείες (farmakeíes)
genitive	φαρμακείας (farmakeías)	φαρμακειών (farmakeión)
accusative	φαρμακεία (farmakeía)	φαρμακείες (farmakeíes)
vocative	φαρμακεία (farmakeía)	φαρμακείες (farmakeíes)

Related terms

see: φάρμακο n (fármako, “medicine, medication”)

Etymology 2

Noun

φαρμακεία • (farmakeía) n

Nominative, accusative and vocative plural form of φαρμακείο (farmakeío).

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