πανάκεια

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πᾰνᾰκής (pănăkḗs, “all-healing”) +‎ -ια (-ia).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pa.ná.keː.a/ → /paˈna.ci.a/ → /paˈna.ci.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pa.ná.keː.a/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /paˈna.ki.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /paˈna.ci.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /paˈna.ci.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /paˈna.ci.a/

Noun

πᾰνᾰ́κεια • (pănắkeia) f (genitive πᾰνᾰ́κείᾱς); first declension

1. panacea, universal remedy
2. Hercules' woundwort (Opopanax hispidus)
3. lovage (Levisticum officinale)

   Synonym: λῐγῠστῐκόν (lĭgŭstĭkón)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ πᾰνᾰ́κειᾰ; τῆς πᾰνᾰκείᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ἡ πᾰνᾰ́κειᾰ hē pănắkeiă	αἱ πᾰνᾰ́κειαι hai pănắkeiai
Genitive	τῆς πᾰνᾰκείᾱς tês pănăkeíās	τῶν πᾰνᾰκειῶν tôn pănăkeiôn
Dative	τῇ πᾰνᾰκείᾳ têi pănăkeíāi	ταῖς πᾰνᾰκείαις taîs pănăkeíais
Accusative	τὴν πᾰνᾰ́κειᾰν tḕn pănắkeiăn	τᾱ̀ς πᾰνᾰκείᾱς tā̀s pănăkeíās
Vocative	πᾰνᾰ́κειᾰ pănắkeiă	πᾰνᾰ́κειαι pănắkeiai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: πανάκεια (panákeia)
• → Latin: panacea (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

• “πανάκεια”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• πανάκεια in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette