The corpus record — Latin

narthecium

narthecium · n

hence any vessel in which these articles are kept), an ointment-box, a medicine-chest, Mart. 14, 78, 1: jam doloris…

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Where it lives

de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum 1 · 0.2/10k
Epigrammata 1 · 0.18/10k

What it meant

narthēcĭum — Lewis & Short

narthēcĭum, ii, n., = narqh/kion (lit. a piece of narthex-wood which has been hollowed out for keeping ointments and medicines in;

I hence any vessel in which these articles are kept), an ointment-box, a medicine-chest, Mart. 14, 78, 1: jam doloris medicamenta illa Epicurea tamquam de narthecio proment, Cic. Fin. 2, 7, 22.

In the wild

narthecio Cicero, de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum 2.22
narthecia Martial, Epigrammata 14.78.1

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission.

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