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tiriaque (s.xiii2/4)

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tiriaque (s.xiii2/4)

tiriak,  tiriake;  triake,  triaque;  tyriac; 
Latin acc. tiriacam  
  FEW:  theriaca 13/i,308a Gdf: GdfC:  theriaque 10,763b TL: tirïaque 10,329 DEAF:  tiriaque  DMF:  thériaque  TLF:  thériaque  OED:  theriac n. and a.  MED:  tiriake a.  DMLBS:  theriacus 3433a

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pharm.theriac, antidote to poison
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 ) Alisandre fu sage e cointe e l’ew[e] mult dota. Prist un poy de triacle (var. (P: c.1310) un poi de tyriac ) en sa mein le porta  4824 (var.)
pharm.electuary, restorative medicine
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiii3/4 ) froter bien la langue de tiriaque  i 173
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiii3/4 ) Et si la fievre dure oncore, si li doigne l'en devant l'ore de l'accés adrianum ou mitridatum ou tiriacam oveques ewe chaude  i 166.10
( MS: s.xiii2? ) çoe est medicine esprovee et meuz vaut a cele chose ke triake ou altre erbe  136
( c.1300; MS: s.xivin ) flux de ventre [...] [a] la foiz avient de aposteme de l’estomac [...], [a] la foiz avient aprés dissinterie [...]. Ausi en l'un e l'autre encheson vaut tiriake doné ové le jus de minte  ii 175.156
grande tiriaque
pharm.‘tyriaca magna’, medicine effective against snake bites, also used as a general restorative
( c.1300; MS: s.xivin ) Pus donet la grande tiriake, ceo est asaver aprés la purgation ové vin de la decoction de galingale  ii 167.127

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See also:

triacle 
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