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ταριχεύω

ταριχεύω, to preserve the body by artificial means, to embalm

τᾰρῑχ-εύω,
  • preserve the body by artificial means, embalm, of Egyptian mummies, Hdt. 2.86, Pl. Phd. 80c.
    • II preserve food by salting, pickling, or smoking, τ. ὄα Id. Smp. 190d; ἐλᾶν ( = ἐλαίαν) PRyl. 231.5 (i A.D.):—Pass., [ἰχθύας] ἐξ ἅλμης τεταριχευμένους Hdt. 2.77, cf. PGiss. 93.2 (ii A.D.), etc.; τεμάχη τεταριχευμένα preserved meat, X. An. 5.4.28; χλωρὰ [κάππαρις] πρὶν -ευθῆναι Gal. 6.615.
      • 2 season wood by soaking it in water, Thphr. HP 4.2.2, 5.4.8.
      • 3 macerate, Olymp.Alch. p.70 B., al.
    • III metaph. in Pass., waste away, wither, κακῶς ταριχευθέντα παμφθάρτῳ μόρῳ A. Ch. 296, cf. Sophr. 54; τεταριχευμένος stale, opp. νεαλὴς καὶ πρόσφατος, D. 25.61.
      • 2 Medic., reduce a patient by starving, Gal. 15.595.

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