English search results for: purgative

#1

noun

  • declension: undeclined

Definitions:

  1. aloe plant (Aloe vera)
  2. bitterness
  3. thickened aloe juice (as purgative)
  • Age: In use throughout the ages/unknown
  • Area: All or none
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: 2 or 3 citations
  • Source: “Oxford Latin Dictionary”, 1982 (OLD)
#2

adjective

Definitions:

  1. laxative/aperient
  2. of/for drawing/draining off
  3. purgative
  • Age: Late, post-classical (3rd-5th centuries)
  • Area: All or none
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: 2 or 3 citations
  • Source: Lewis & Short, “A Latin Dictionary”, 1879 (Lewis & Short)
#3

noun

  • declension: 2nd declension
  • gender: neuter

Definitions:

  1. purgative resin from its tuber root
  2. scammony (Convolvulus Scammonia)
  • Age: Late, post-classical (3rd-5th centuries)
  • Area: Agriculture, Flora, Fauna, Land, Equipment, Rural
  • Geography: Near East
  • Frequency: Having only single citation in Oxford Latin Dictionary or Lewis + Short
  • Source: Lewis & Short, “A Latin Dictionary”, 1879 (Lewis & Short)
#4

noun

  • declension: undeclined

Definitions:

  1. (purgative)
  2. gourd plant/fruit, bitter apple, colocynth (Citrullus colocynthis)
  • Age: Latin not in use in Classical times (6-10th centuries) Christian
  • Area: Agriculture, Flora, Fauna, Land, Equipment, Rural
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: Having only single citation in Oxford Latin Dictionary or Lewis + Short
  • Source: William Whitaker’s personal guess
#5

noun

  • declension: 2nd declension
  • gender: neuter

Definitions:

  1. (used as purgative)
  2. juice of the plant scammones (Convolvulus Scammonia)
  • Age: Late, post-classical (3rd-5th centuries)
  • Area: Agriculture, Flora, Fauna, Land, Equipment, Rural
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: Having only single citation in Oxford Latin Dictionary or Lewis + Short
  • Source: Lewis & Short, “A Latin Dictionary”, 1879 (Lewis & Short)
#6

noun

  • declension: 1st declension
  • gender: feminine

Definitions:

  1. (purgative)
  2. (rude of os cunnilingi)
  3. kind of gourd
  • Age: In use throughout the ages/unknown
  • Area: Agriculture, Flora, Fauna, Land, Equipment, Rural
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: Having only single citation in Oxford Latin Dictionary or Lewis + Short
  • Source: “Oxford Latin Dictionary”, 1982 (OLD)
#7

noun

  • declension: 2nd declension
  • gender: neuter

Definitions:

  1. cathartic, purgative
  2. means for purifying
  3. purification
  • Age: Late, post-classical (3rd-5th centuries)
  • Area: Biological, Medical, Body Parts
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: Having only single citation in Oxford Latin Dictionary or Lewis + Short
  • Source: Lewis & Short, “A Latin Dictionary”, 1879 (Lewis & Short)
#8

noun

  • declension: undeclined

Definitions:

  1. (purgative)
  2. gourd plant/fruit, bitter apple, colocynth (Citrullus colocynthis)
  • Age: In use throughout the ages/unknown
  • Area: Agriculture, Flora, Fauna, Land, Equipment, Rural
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: Appears only in Pliny’s “Natural History”
  • Source: “Oxford Latin Dictionary”, 1982 (OLD)
#9

noun

  • declension: undeclined

Definitions:

  1. (extract acts as active, gentle purgative)
  2. turpeth (globularia alypum)
  • Age: In use throughout the ages/unknown
  • Area: Agriculture, Flora, Fauna, Land, Equipment, Rural
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: Appears only in Pliny’s “Natural History”
  • Source: “Oxford Latin Dictionary”, 1982 (OLD)
#10

noun

  • declension: 3rd declension
  • gender: feminine

Definitions:

  1. (purgative)
  2. gourd plant/fruit, bitter apple, colocynth (Citrullus colocynthis)
  • Age: In use throughout the ages/unknown
  • Area: Agriculture, Flora, Fauna, Land, Equipment, Rural
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: Appears only in Pliny’s “Natural History”
  • Source: “Oxford Latin Dictionary”, 1982 (OLD)