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electuarium

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Dutch

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin ēlectuārium.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˌeː.lɛk.tyˈaː.ri.ʏm/, /eːˌlɛk.tyˈaː.ri.ʏm/
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  • Hyphenation: elec‧tu‧a‧ri‧um

Noun

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electuarium n (plural electuaria)

  1. electuary (medicine mixed with honey or some kind of syrup)
    Synonym: likkepot

Latin

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Probably a corruption of Ancient Greek ἐκλεικτόν (ekleiktón, medicine that melts in the mouth, lozenge, jujube), from ἐκλείχω (ekleíkhō, to lick up).

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Noun

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ēlectuārium n (genitive ēlectuāriī or ēlectuārī); second declension

  1. An electuary: a medicine mixed with honey or other sweetener to ease oral consumption.
  2. (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

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Second-declension noun (neuter).

singular plural
nominative ēlectuārium ēlectuāria
genitive ēlectuāriī
ēlectuārī1
ēlectuāriōrum
dative ēlectuāriō ēlectuāriīs
accusative ēlectuārium ēlectuāria
ablative ēlectuāriō ēlectuāriīs
vocative ēlectuārium ēlectuāria

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

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