Alternative forms

• panacaea
• panacæa

Etymology

From LatinCategory:English terms derived from Latin#PANACEA panacēa, from Ancient GreekCategory:English terms derived from Ancient Greek#PANACEA πανάκεια (panákeia), from πανακής (panakḗs, “all-healing”), from πᾶν (pân, “all”) (equivalent to English pan-) + ἄκος (ákos, “cure”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: păn'-ə-sēʹ-ə, IPA^(key): /ˌpæn.əˈsiː.ə/Category:English 4-syllable words#PANACEACategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#PANACEA

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -iːəCategory:Rhymes:English/iːə#PANACEACategory:Rhymes:English/iːə/4 syllables#PANACEA

Noun

panacea (plural panaceas or panaceae or panaceæ)Category:English lemmas#PANACEACategory:English nouns#PANACEACategory:English countable nouns#PANACEACategory:English nouns with irregular plurals#PANACEACategory:English entries with incorrect language header#PANACEACategory:Pages with entries#PANACEACategory:Pages with 5 entries#PANACEA

1. A remedy believed to cure all disease and prolong life that was originally sought by alchemists; a cure-all.

   Synonym: heal-all

2. A solution to all problems.

   A monorail will be a panacea for our traffic woes.

   Category:English terms with usage examples#PANACEA

   • 1842, [anonymous collaborator of Letitia Elizabeth Landon], chapter XXVII, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 53:

     When busy he was better, and appeared to think perpetual motion a panacea for his unnamed and un-nameable complaint; and so much were they hurried from place to place, after their arrival at Genoa, that both sisters were thankful when they embarked again, as the sea appeared a resting-place...

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   • 1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 206:

     Podson was seated on the bed, going through such turf forecasts as he could find in the papers; his panacea for correcting the mistakes of fortune.

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   • 2023 January 11, “Network News: MPs seek clarity on hydrogen's role”, in RAIL, number 974, page 13:

     Hydrogen is not a panacea for reaching the zero net emissions target by 2050, but it can grow to become "a big niche" fuel in particular sectors and applications, claims a new report.

     Category:English terms with quotations#PANACEA

   • 2023 October 23, Anna Cooban, “Javier Milei wants Argentina to swap the peso for the US dollar. Here’s what that could mean”, in CNN Business‎:

     But dollarization is not a panacea for Argentina’s crisis-stricken economy, analysts say.

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3. (obsoleteCategory:English terms with obsolete senses#PANACEA) The plant allheal (Valeriana officinalis), believed to cure all ills.
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto V”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:

     There, whether it diuine Tobacco were, / Or Panachæa, or Polygony, / She found, and brought it to her patient deare […]

     Category:English terms with quotations#PANACEA

See also

• nostrum

Etymology

From Learned borrowing from LatinCategory:Catalan terms borrowed from Latin#PANACEACategory:Catalan learned borrowings from Latin#PANACEACategory:Catalan terms derived from Latin#PANACEA panacēa, from Ancient GreekCategory:Catalan terms derived from Ancient Greek#PANACEA πανάκεια (panákeia), from πανακής (panakḗs, “all-healing”), from πᾶν (pân, “all”) + ἄκος (ákos, “cure”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [pə.nəˈse.ə]Category:Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation#PANACEA
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [pa.naˈse.a]Category:Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation#PANACEA

Noun

panacea f (plural panacees)Category:Catalan lemmas#PANACEACategory:Catalan nouns#PANACEACategory:Catalan countable nouns#PANACEACategory:Catalan entries with incorrect language header#PANACEACategory:Catalan feminine nouns#PANACEACategory:Pages with entries#PANACEACategory:Pages with 5 entries#PANACEA

1. panacea

Further reading

• “panacea”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Etymology

From LatinCategory:Italian terms derived from Latin#PANACEA panacēa, from Ancient GreekCategory:Italian terms derived from Ancient Greek#PANACEA πανάκεια (panákeia), from πανακής (panakḗs, “all-healing”), from πᾶν (pân, “all”) + ἄκος (ákos, “cure”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa.naˈt͡ʃɛ.a/Category:Italian 4-syllable words#PANACEACategory:Italian terms with IPA pronunciation#PANACEA
• Rhymes: -ɛaCategory:Rhymes:Italian/ɛa#PANACEACategory:Rhymes:Italian/ɛa/4 syllables#PANACEA
• Hyphenation: pa‧na‧cè‧a

Noun

panacea f (plural panacee)Category:Italian lemmas#PANACEACategory:Italian nouns#PANACEACategory:Italian countable nouns#PANACEACategory:Italian entries with incorrect language header#PANACEACategory:Italian feminine nouns#PANACEACategory:Pages with entries#PANACEACategory:Pages with 5 entries#PANACEA

1. panacea, cure-all

Etymology

From Ancient GreekCategory:Latin terms borrowed from Ancient Greek#PANACEACategory:Latin terms derived from Ancient Greek#PANACEA πανάκεια (panákeia) from πανακής (panakḗs, “all-healing”), from πᾶν (pân, “all”) + ἄκος (ákos, “cure”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [pa.naˈkeː.a]Category:Latin 4-syllable words#PANACEACategory:Latin terms with IPA pronunciation#PANACEA
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [pa.naˈt͡ʃɛː.a]Category:Latin 4-syllable words#PANACEACategory:Latin terms with IPA pronunciation#PANACEA

Noun

panacēa f (genitive panacēae)Category:Latin lemmas#PANACEACategory:Latin nouns#PANACEACategory:Latin first declension nouns#PANACEACategory:Latin feminine nouns in the first declension#PANACEACategory:Latin entries with incorrect language header#PANACEACategory:Latin feminine nouns#PANACEACategory:Pages with entries#PANACEACategory:Pages with 5 entries#PANACEA; first declension

1. A particular kind of plant, believed to cure all diseases.
2. panacea, catholicon.

References

• “panacea”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “panacea”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “panacea”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “panacea”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

Etymology

From LatinCategory:Spanish terms derived from Latin#PANACEA panacēa, Ancient GreekCategory:Spanish terms derived from Ancient Greek#PANACEA πανάκεια (panákeia), from πανακής (panakḗs, “all-healing”), from πᾶν (pân, “all”) + ἄκος (ákos, “cure”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /panaˈθea/ [pa.naˈθe.a] (Spain)Category:Spanish 4-syllable words#PANACEACategory:Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation#PANACEA
• IPA^(key): /panaˈsea/ [pa.naˈse.a] (Latin America, Philippines)Category:Spanish 4-syllable words#PANACEACategory:Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation#PANACEA
• Rhymes: -eaCategory:Rhymes:Spanish/ea#PANACEACategory:Rhymes:Spanish/ea/4 syllables#PANACEA
• Syllabification: pa‧na‧ce‧a

Noun

panacea f (plural panaceas)Category:Spanish lemmas#PANACEACategory:Spanish nouns#PANACEACategory:Spanish countable nouns#PANACEACategory:Spanish entries with incorrect language header#PANACEACategory:Spanish feminine nouns#PANACEACategory:Pages with entries#PANACEACategory:Pages with 5 entries#PANACEA

1. panacea

Further reading

• “panacea”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024