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ἐμετ-ικός

emetikos

provoking sickness

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What it meant

ἐμετ-ικός · emet-ikos — LSJ

provoking sickness

provoking sickness, Arist. Pr. 873b36. Adv. -κῶς, σπαραττόμενος Gal. 13.155.

II inclined to vomit

inclined to vomit, Hp. Acut. 67; of certain animals, Arist. HA 632b11.

2 one who uses emetics

one who uses emetics, like the Roman gourmands, Plu. Pomp. 51.

b a course of emetics

ἐμετικὴν (sc. δίαιταν) agebat, he was taking a course of emetics, Cic. Att. 13.52.1.

Where it came from

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