φαρμάσσω (pharmasso)

Where it lives

Agamemnon 1 · 1.23/10k
Meno 1 · 1.02/10k
Symposium 1 · 0.57/10k
Laws 2 · 0.19/10k
Odyssey 1 · 0.12/10k
Histories 1 · 0.05/10k

What it meant — LSJ

treat by using φάρμακα, treat

treat by using φάρμακα: generally, treat, once in Hom., ὡς ὅτʼ ἀνὴρ πέλεκυν . . εἰν ὕδατι ψυχρῷ βάπτῃ . . φαρμάσσων Od. 9.393; cf. foreg. II.

II heal, relieve by medicine

after Hom., heal or relieve by medicine, Pl. Lg. 933b, A.R. 4.1512.

b medicate

φ. μέθυ medicate it, Nic. Th. 619.

2 enchant, bewitch by potions, philtres, bewitch by flattery

enchant or bewitch by potions or philtres, A.R. 3.478, 4.61 (and in Med., Id. 3.859): bewitch by flattery, Pl. Smp. 194a, Men. 80a:—Pass., οἱ πεφαρμαγμένοι Hp. Morb.Sacr. 1; πεφάρμαχθε Ar. Th. 534: metaph., of a lamp, φαρμασσομένη χρίματος . . παρηγορίαις A. Ag. 94 (anap.).

3 poison

poison, κρέα Plu. Art. 19 (Pass.); βέλη, τὸ ὕδωρ Id. QConv. 2.681f (Pass.), Sollert. 978c: ἀπεψίας, διʼ ἂς φαρμάσσεται τὸ γάλα Sor. 1.94.

4 dye, colour, painted, false

dye, colour, ἔρια Poll. 7.169: metaph., φαρμασσομένη εὐμορφία painted, false, Philostr. Ep. 27.

5 season

season, τηγανίτας σησάμοισι φ. Hippon. 36.

In the wild

φαρμασσομένη · pharmassomenē Aeschylus, Agamemnon 92–96
ἐφάρμαξας · epharmaxas Herodotus, Histories 2.181.3 (DIORISIS sentence 2850)
φαρμάσσων · pharmassōn Odyssey 9.393
φαρμάττειν · pharmattein Plato, Laws 933
φαρμάττειν · pharmattein Plato, Laws 933
φαρμάττεις · pharmatteis Plato, Meno 80

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Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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