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Definition nepenthes

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin n?penthes (“a drug bringing relief from grief”), from Ancient Greek ???????? (n?penthés), neuter of ???????? (n?penth?s, “sorrow-banishing”), from ??- (n?-, “not”) + ?????? (pénthos, “grief”) (from ??????? (páskhein), present active infinitive of ????? (páskh?, “to be ill or injured in a certain way; to suffer”), from Proto-Indo-European *k?end?- (“to endure, to suffer”)). Compare French népenthès (“a plant from which a drug supposedly bringing relief from grief may be obtained; such a drug”).

Noun

nepenthes (uncountable)

  1. A drug mentioned in Homer's Odyssey (c. 8th century B.C.E.) as bringing relief from anxiety or grief; hence, any drug or substance seen as bringing welcome forgetfulness or relief.
  2. A Southeast Asian carnivorous plant of the genus Nepenthes; a monkey cup or tropical pitcher plant.

Etymology 2

nepenthe +‎ -s.

Noun

nepenthes

  1. (archaic) plural of nepenthe.

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