mĕdĭcāmentum (noun N) : medicor
* A drug, remedy, physic, medicine, medicament.
* Lit.: medicamentum alicui dare ad aquam intercutem,Cic. Off. 3, 24, 92: haurire,Plin. 24, 19, 113, § 174: sumere,to take,Curt. 3, 6, 3: componere,to compound,Plin. 32, 9, 34, § 106: somnificum,id. 37, 10, 57, § 158: medicamenta salubria,Liv. 8, 18: salutaria,Cic. N. D. 2, 53, 132.—Also of remedies applied externally: medicamentis delibutus,Cic. Brut. 60, 217.
* Transf., like the Gr. φάρμακον, a drug, a potion.
* Trop.
* A tincture for dyeing, a color, dye, mordant, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 521, 20: crassius,Sen. Q. N. 1, 3: rudia,Plin. 35, 6, 26, § 44.
* A seasoning, condiment, Col. 12, 20.
* A paint, wash, cosmetic, Sen. Ben. 7, 9, 2.
* A plastering, Vop. Firm. 3.
* A remedy, relief, antidote (rare but class.): multorum medicamentum laborum,Cic. Clu. 71, 201: doloris medicamenta illa Epicurea,id. Fin. 2, 7, 22: panchrestum medicamentum (sc. pecunia),Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 65, § 152.
* (Acc. to I. B. 4.) An embellishment: medicamenta fucati candoris, et ruboris,Cic. Or. 23, 79.
* An enchantment: ne quid mali medicamenti inferretur,Plin. 28, 9, 37, § 142.

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