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Webster 1913 Edition

Elaterium

Elˊa-te′ri-um

,
Noun.
[L., fr. Gr. [GREEK], neut. of [GREEK] driving. See 2d
Elater
.]
A cathartic substance obtained, in the form of yellowish or greenish cakes, as the dried residue of the juice of the wild or squirting cucumber (
Ecballium agreste
, formerly called
Momordica Elaterium
).

Webster 1828 Edition

Elaterium

ELATE'RIUM

,
Noun.
A substance deposited from the very acrid juice of the Momordica elaterium, wild cucumber. It is in thin cakes of a greenish color and bitter taste, and is a powerful cathartic.

Definition 2024

elaterium

elaterium

English

Noun

elaterium ‎(uncountable)

  1. Alternative form of elaterin

Latin

Etymology

Borrowing from Ancient Greek ἐλατήριον ‎(elatḗrion).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /e.laˈteː.ri.um/, [ɛ.ɫaˈteː.ri.ũ]

Noun

elatērium n ‎(genitive elatēriī or elatērī); second declension

  1. (medicine) A medicine prepared from the juice of the wild cucumber

Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative elatērium elatēria
genitive elatēriī
elatērī1 		elatēriōrum
dative elatēriō elatēriīs
accusative elatērium elatēria
ablative elatēriō elatēriīs
vocative elatērium elatēria

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

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