This excellent triacle Methridatum is nexte in qualitye and virtue to Theriaca... but onely Theriaca is a little hotter and stronger againste venyme of Snakes.
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Theriac
//ˈθɪriˌæk//
Synonyms for "theriac" (19 found)
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Related words (9)
Noun(5 words)
Adjective(1 words)
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Translations
11 translations across 11 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- تِرْيَاق noun (a supposed universal antidote, distinguished from mithridate)
Bulgarian
1 entries- панацея noun (a supposed universal antidote, distinguished from mithridate)
Dutch
1 entries- teriaak noun (a supposed universal antidote, distinguished from mithridate)
French
1 entries- thériaque noun (a supposed universal antidote, distinguished from mithridate)
German
1 entries- Theriak noun (a supposed universal antidote, distinguished from mithridate)
Italian
1 entries- teriaca noun (a supposed universal antidote, distinguished from mithridate)
Portuguese
1 entries- teriaga noun (a supposed universal antidote, distinguished from mithridate)
Provencal
1 entries- tiriaca noun (a supposed universal antidote, distinguished from mithridate)
Russian
1 entries- териа́к noun (a supposed universal antidote, distinguished from mithridate)
Sicilian
1 entries- triaca noun (a supposed universal antidote, distinguished from mithridate)
Spanish
1 entries- teriaca noun (a supposed universal antidote, distinguished from mithridate)
Sample sentences
7 total sentences available.
Theriaca Andromachi, the Venice or Mithridate treacle... Theriaca communis, common treacle, or molasses... Theriaca Londinensis, a cataplasm of cummin seed, bay-berries, germander, snake-root, cloves and honey.
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From then on galene became the theriac par excellence, known simply as theriac, and there never was a more successful drug[…] Those who could afford it gulped down a bean-sized lump of theriac for practically everything from the Black Death to nothing at all, as a preventive.
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Theriac was essentially homeopathic in its supposed function, being an improvement on mithridate by virtue of containing more poisons.
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