mĕdĭcāmen (noun 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. φάρμακον, a poisonous drug, poison (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose; only once in Cic.; cf., on the contrary, medicamentum).
* Lit., a remedy, antidote, medicine: violentis medicaminibus curari, * Cic. Pis. 6, 13: 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.): iratae medica mina fortia praebe,Ov. A. A. 2, 489 sq.. quasso medicamina Imperio circumspectare, Sil. 15, 7, 1.
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* A poisonous drug, poison: 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: 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: 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.

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