πανάκεια Ancient Greek · revision 3113

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=5th–4th century BC, Aristophanes|origins=grc πανακής}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (5th-century BC Attic): /pa.ná.keː.a/^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (4th-century AD Koine): /paˈna.ci.a/^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (10th-century Byzantine): /paˈna.ci.a/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''πᾰνᾰ́κεια''' (panákeia) ''f'' (genitive πᾰνᾰ́κείᾱς); first declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is derived from [[πανακής|tr=panakḗs|t=all-healing]] with the suffix [[m|grc|-ια|tr=-ia]].^(Wiktionary)^(LSJ 1940)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Aristophanes' ''Wealth'' and the Hippocratic Oath name Panakeia, “All-Healer”, a daughter of Asclepius.^(LSJ 1940)^(CGL 2021)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ As a common noun it was the name of a healing herb or its juice, which Callimachus plays on, Theophrastus identifies with Hercules' woundwort, and later writers with other plants.^(LSJ 1940)^(CGL 2021) Philo, Longinus and Galen use it for a universal remedy, a panacea.^(LSJ 1940) The Pythagoreans used it as a name for the number six.^(LSJ 1940) Hesychius glosses it simply as “healing”.^(Hesychius)

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+ Modern Greek [[m|el|πανάκεια|tr=panákeia]] is a learned word for a remedy for every illness, and figuratively for anything that cures all problems.^(Triantafyllidis 1998)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 5th–4th century BC – Aristophanes names Panakeia, daughter of Asclepius.^(LSJ 1940)^(CGL 2021)

+ * 4th–3rd century BC – Theophrastus uses it for a medicinal plant.^(LSJ 1940)

+ * 1st century BC – 1st century AD – Philo uses it for a universal remedy.^(LSJ 1940)

+ * 2nd century AD – Galen uses it for a remedy.^(LSJ 1940)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # ''(personified)'' Panakeia, a daughter of [[m|en|Asclepius]].^(LSJ 1940)^(CGL 2021)

+ # A healing herb, as Hercules' woundwort, or its juice.^(LSJ 1940)^(Wiktionary)

+ # A universal remedy, [[m|en|panacea]].^(LSJ 1940)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(Pythagorean)'' The number six.^(LSJ 1940)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[πανακής|tr=panakḗs]]

+ * [[en|panacea]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}