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Tetrapharmacum
{
, Tetˊra-phar′ma-com
,Tetˊra-phar′ma-cum
}Noun.
(Med.)
A combination of wax, resin, lard, and pitch, composing an ointment.
Brande & C.
Definition 2025
tetrapharmacum
tetrapharmacum
English
Noun
tetrapharmacum (uncountable)
- (medicine, obsolete) A combination of wax, resin, lard, and pitch, composing an ointment.
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Latin
Noun
tētrapharmacum n (genitive tētrapharmacī); second declension
- A substance composed of four ingredients
Inflection
Second declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | tētrapharmacum | tētrapharmaca |
| genitive | tētrapharmacī | tētrapharmacōrum |
| dative | tētrapharmacō | tētrapharmacīs |
| accusative | tētrapharmacum | tētrapharmaca |
| ablative | tētrapharmacō | tētrapharmacīs |
| vocative | tētrapharmacum | tētrapharmaca |
References
- tetrapharmacum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “tetrapharmacum”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.