- φάρμακος
- φάρμακος, ου, ὁ (LXX; other edd. ός; on the accent and differentiation fr. φαρμακός ‘scapegoat’ [Hipponax et al.] see L-S-J-M under both words, w. ref. to Herodian, Gr. I, 150; s. PKatz, TLZ 82, ’57, 112, The Text of the Septuagint ’73, 95; B-D-F §13; φάρ. is masc. Ex 7:11; fem. Mal 3:5; so also Orig., C. Cels. 5, 38, 38 w. μάγοι). In our lit. only masc.① one skilled in arcane uses of herbs or drugs, prob. poisoner Hv 3, 9, 7ab, but w. implication of the role described in 2 next:② one who does extraordinary things through occult means, sorcerer, magician (Ex 7:11; 9:11 al.; SibOr 3, 225) Rv 21:8 (s. φαρμακεύς); 22:15.—L-S-J-M s.v. fails to differentiate mng. in LXX pass. listed after a series of glosses.—For a vivid poetic description of a sorcerer’s procedures s. Horace, Epodes 5.—DELG s.v. φάρμακον C. M-M.
Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά παλαιοχριστιανική Λογοτεχνία. 2015.