pharmacopola

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Latin

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek φαρμακοπώλης (pharmakopṓlēs), from φάρμακον (phármakon, drug, charm, enchantment) + -πώλης (-pṓlēs, -seller, -monger).

Noun

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pharmacopōla m (genitive pharmacopōlae); first declension

  1. person who sells medicines, pharmacist, apothecary, especially (derogatory) quack

Declension

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First-declension noun.

Descendants

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  • English: pharmacopolist

References

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  • pharmacopola”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • pharmacopola”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • pharmacopola in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • pharmacopola”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • pharmacopola”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin