panchrestus

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πάγχρηστος (pánkhrēstos, “good for all work”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

panchrestus (feminine panchresta, neuter panchrestum); first/second declension

  1. (of remedies) good or useful for everything, universal

Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative panchrestus panchrestī
Genitive panchrestī panchrestōrum
Dative panchrestō panchrestīs
Accusative panchrestum panchrestōs
Ablative panchrestō panchrestīs
Vocative panchreste panchrestī

Derived terms

References
  • panchrestus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • panchrestus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • panchrestus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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