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panacea

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English

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WOTD – 15 November 2007

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Etymology

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From Latin panacēa, from Ancient Greek πανάκεια (panákeia), from πανακής (panakḗs, “all-healing”), from πᾶν (pân, “all”) (equivalent to English pan-) + ἄκος (ákos, “cure”).

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  • enPR: păn'-ə-sēʹ-ə, IPA(key): /ˌpæn.əˈsiː.ə/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -iːə

Noun

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panacea (plural panaceas or panaceae or panaceæ)

  1. A remedy believed to cure all disease and prolong life that was originally sought by alchemists; a cure-all.
    Synonym: heal-all
  2. A solution to all problems.
    A monorail will be a panacea for our traffic woes.
    • 1842, [anonymous collaborator of Letitia Elizabeth Landon], chapter XXVII, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 53:
      When busy he was better, and appeared to think perpetual motion a panacea for his unnamed and un-nameable complaint; and so much were they hurried from place to place, after their arrival at Genoa, that both sisters were thankful when they embarked again, as the sea appeared a resting-place...
    • 1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 206:
      Podson was seated on the bed, going through such turf forecasts as he could find in the papers; his panacea for correcting the mistakes of fortune.
    • 2023 January 11, “Network News: MPs seek clarity on hydrogen's role”, in RAIL, number 974, page 13:
      Hydrogen is not a panacea for reaching the zero net emissions _target by 2050, but it can grow to become "a big niche" fuel in particular sectors and applications, claims a new report.
  3. (obsolete) The plant allheal (Valeriana officinalis), believed to cure all ills.

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Catalan

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Etymology

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From Learned borrowing from Latin panacēa, from Ancient Greek πανάκεια (panákeia), from πανακής (panakḗs, “all-healing”), from πᾶν (pân, “all”) + ἄκος (ákos, “cure”).

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panacea f (plural panacees)

  1. panacea

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Italian

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Etymology

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From Latin panacēa, from Ancient Greek πανάκεια (panákeia), from πανακής (panakḗs, “all-healing”), from πᾶν (pân, “all”) + ἄκος (ákos, “cure”).

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  • IPA(key): /pa.naˈt͡ʃɛ.a/
  • Rhymes: -ɛa
  • Hyphenation: pa‧na‧cè‧a

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panacea f (plural panacee)

  1. panacea, cure-all

Latin

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek πανάκεια (panákeia) from πανακής (panakḗs, “all-healing”), from πᾶν (pân, “all”) + ἄκος (ákos, “cure”).

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panacēa f (genitive panacēae); first declension

  1. A particular kind of plant, believed to cure all diseases.
  2. panacea, catholicon.

Declension

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First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative panacēa panacēae
genitive panacēae panacēārum
dative panacēae panacēīs
accusative panacēam panacēās
ablative panacēā panacēīs
vocative panacēa panacēae

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Descendants

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  • Catalan: panacea
  • English: panacea
  • French: panacée
  • Italian: panacea
  • Portuguese: panaceia
  • Spanish: panacea

References

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  • “panacea”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “panacea”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • panacea in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “panacea”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

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Etymology

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From Latin panacēa, Ancient Greek πανάκεια (panákeia), from πανακής (panakḗs, “all-healing”), from πᾶν (pân, “all”) + ἄκος (ákos, “cure”).

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  • IPA(key): (Spain) /panaˈθea/ [pa.naˈθe.a]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /panaˈsea/ [pa.naˈse.a]
  • Rhymes: -ea
  • Syllabification: pa‧na‧ce‧a

Noun

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panacea f (plural panaceas)

  1. panacea

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