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1 medicamen
mĕdĭcāmen, ĭnis, n. [id.], a drug, medicament, in a good and a bad sense, meaning both a healing substance, remedy, medicine, and, as also medicamentum and the Gr. pharmakon, a poisonous drug, poison (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose; only once in Cic.; cf., on the contrary, medicamentum).I.Lit., a remedy, antidote, medicine: violentis medicaminibus curari, * Cic. Pis. 6, 13:B.agrestia medicamina adhibent,
Tac. A. 12, 51:facies medicaminibus interstincta,
plasters, id. ib. 4, 57:medicamen habendum est,
Juv. 14, 254:medicaminis datio vel impositio,
Cod. Just. 6, 23, 28:potentia materni medicaminis,
Pall. 3, 28:tantum (ejus) medicamina possunt quae steriles facit,
Juv. 6, 595.—Trop., a remedy, antidote ( poet.):II.iratae medica mina fortia praebe,
Ov. A. A. 2, 489 sq.. quasso medicamina Imperio circumspectare, Sil. 15, 7, 1.—Transf.A.A poisonous drug, poison:B.infusum delectabili cibo boletorum venenum, nec vim medicaminis statim mtellectam,
Tac. A. 12, 67:noxium,
id. ib. 14, 51:impura,
Flor. 2, 20, 7; Val. Fl. 8, 17.—A coloring-matter, tincture, dye, Plin. 9, 38, 62, § 135:2.croceum,
Luc. 3, 238.—In partic., a paint, wash, cosmetic: est mihi, quo dixi vestrae medicamina formae, Parvus, sed cura grande libellus opus, i. e. the treatise Medicamina faciei, Ov. A. A. 3, 205:C.facies medicamine attrita,
Petr. 126.—In gen., an artificial means of improving a thing:qui (caseus) exiguum medicaminis habet,
i. e. rennet, Col. 7, 8:vitiosum, i. e. conditura,
id. 12, 20:vina medicamine instaurare,
Plin. 14, 20, 25, § 126:seminum,
i. e. manure, id. 17, 14, 22, § 99. [p. 1123]
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