Panacea 1 -  Πανάκεια

Panacea - Goddess of Healing

panacea English Etymology From Latin panacēa, from Ancient Greek πανάκεια (panakeia), from πανακής (panakēs, “all-healing”), from πᾶν (pan, “all”) (equivalent to English pan-) + ἄκος (akos, “cure”). Pronunciation (RP, US) enPR: păn"ə-sē'ə, IPA: /ˌpæn.əˈsiː.ə/ Audio (US) More… (file) Rhymes: -iə Noun panacea (plural panaceas) A remedy believed to cure all disease and prolong life that was originally sought by alchemists; a cure-all. Something that will solve all problems. >>> A monorail will be a panacea for our traffic woes. (obsolete) A particular plant believed to provide a cure-all. Synonyms (remedy to cure all disease): catholicon, cure-all (plant): allheal, woundwort Translations remedy believed to cure all disease Czech: všelék (cs) m German: Allheilmittel (de) n Icelandic: undralyf (is) n, kynjalyf (is) Japanese: 万能薬 (ja) (ばんのうやく, bannōyaku) Latin: panacēa (la) f Polish: panaceum m Portuguese: panaceia (pt) f Russian: панацея (ru) (panacéja) f Spanish: panacea (es) f German: Allheilmittel (de) n Icelandic: allra meina bót (is) f, töfraformúla (is) Polish: panaceum (pl) m Portuguese: panaceia (pt) f Russian: панацея (ru) (panacéja) f Spanish: panacea (es) f Latin: panacēa (la) f See also nostrum Italian Etymology From Latin panacēa, from Ancient Greek πανάκεια (panakeia), from πανακής  (panakēs, “all-healing”), from πᾶν (pan, “all”) + ἄκος (akos, “cure”).  Noun panacea f (plural panacee) panacea, cure-all Latin Etymology From Ancient Greek πανάκεια (panakeia), from πανακής (panakēs, “all-healing”), from πᾶν (pan, “all”) + ἄκος (akos, “cure”). Noun panacēa (genitive panacēae); f, first declension A particular kind of plant, believed to cure all diseases. panacea, catholicon. Inflection Number Singular Plural nominative panacēa panacēae genitive panacēae panacēārum dative panacēae panacēīs accusative panacēam panacēās ablative panacēā panacēīs vocative panacēa panacēae Derived terms panacinus Descendants Catalan: panacea English: panacea French: panacée Italian: panacea Portuguese: panaceia Spanish: panacea Spanish Etymology From Latin panacēa, Ancient Greek πανάκεια (panakeia), from πανακής  (panakēs, “all-healing”), from πᾶν (pan, “all”) + ἄκος (akos, “cure”). Noun panacea f (plural panaceas) panacea http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/panacea