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The word potion has its origins in the Latin word potus, an irregular past participle of potare, meaning "to drink". This evolved to the word potionem (nominative potio) meaning either "a potion, a drinking" or a "poisonous draught, magic potion". [2] In Ancient Greek, the word for both drugs and potions was "pharmaka" or "pharmakon".
The elixir of life (Medieval Latin: elixir vitae), also known as elixir of immortality, is a potion that supposedly grants the drinker eternal life and/or eternal youth. This elixir was also said to cure all diseases. Alchemists in various ages and cultures sought the means of formulating the elixir.
Getafix's magic potion: Asterix: The magic potion the druid Getafix makes to give the villagers superhuman strength to fight the Romans. Lacasa: The Road to Oz "A sort of nectar famous in Oz and nicer to drink than soda-water or lemonade." Nectar and Ambrosia: Greek mythology: Before 424 BC
A love potion (poculum amatorium) [1] is a magical liquid which supposedly causes the drinker to develop feelings of love towards the person who served it. Another common term to describe the potion, philtre , is thought to have originated from the ancient Greek term philtron (' love charm'), via the French word philtre .
Alchemy (from the Arabic word al-kīmīā, الكیمیاء) is an ancient branch of natural philosophy, a philosophical and protoscientific tradition that was historically practised in China, India, the Muslim world, and Europe. [1]
An apothecary making a concoction. Concoction is the process of preparing a medicine, food or other substance out of many ingredients, and also the result of such a process. ...
Ambrosia is very closely related to the gods' other form of sustenance, nectar.The two terms may not have originally been distinguished; [6] though in Homer's poems nectar is usually the drink and ambrosia the food of the gods; it was with ambrosia that Hera "cleansed all defilement from her lovely flesh", [7] and with ambrosia Athena prepared Penelope in her sleep, [8] so that when she ...
A History of Ancient and Early Medieval India: From the Stone Age to the 12th century. Pearson Education India. Pearson Education India. ISBN 978-81-317-1120-0 .