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1. pănăcēa, ae, f., pănăces, is, n., also pănax, ăcis, m., = πανάκεια, πανακές, πάναξ.

  1. I. An herb to which was ascribed the power of healing all diseases, all-heal, panacea, catholicon; on the different kinds, v. Plin. 25, 4, 11, § 30 sq.: odorifera panacea, Verg. A. 12, 419: panaces ipso nomine omnium morborum remedia promittit, Plin. 25, 4, 11, § 30: panax levi et subactā terrā rarissime disseritur, Col. 11, 3, 29.
  2. II. A plant, called also ligusticum silvestre: ligusticum silvestre panacem aliqui vocant, Plin. 19, 8, 50, § 165.
    Form panaces, Plin. 20, 16, 60, § 168.
  3. III. A plant: pastinaca opopinax.
    Form panax, Plin. 12, 26, 57, § 127.
      1. 2. Personified: Pănăcēa, ae, f., one of the four daughters of Æsculapius, Plin. 35, 11, 40, § 137.