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panchrestus

panchrestus, good for everything, universally useful

panchrestus (panchristus), a, um, adj., = πάγχρηστος,
  • good or useful for every thing: medicamenta, Plin. 36, 20, 38, § 146; 23, 7, 71, § 136.—
  • II Transf., ironically: cum omnes ejus comites iste sibi suo illo panchresto medicamento amicos reddidisset, by his sovereign remedy, i. e. money, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 65, § 152.

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