"electuarium" meaning in Latin

See electuarium in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [eː.ɫɛk.tuˈaː.ri.ũː] [Classical-Latin], [e.lek.tuˈaː.ri.um] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Probably a corruption of Ancient Greek ἐκλεικτόν (ekleiktón, “medicine that melts in the mouth, lozenge, jujube”), from ἐκλείχω (ekleíkhō, “to lick up”). Etymology templates: {{der|la|grc|ἐκλεικτόν||medicine that melts in the mouth, lozenge, jujube}} Ancient Greek ἐκλεικτόν (ekleiktón, “medicine that melts in the mouth, lozenge, jujube”) Head templates: {{la-noun|ēlectuārium<2>}} ēlectuārium n (genitive ēlectuāriī or ēlectuārī); second declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|ēlectuārium<2>}} Forms: ēlectuārium [canonical, neuter], ēlectuāriī [genitive], ēlectuārī [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], ēlectuārium [nominative, singular], ēlectuāria [nominative, plural], ēlectuāriī [genitive, singular], ēlectuārī [genitive, singular], ēlectuāriōrum [genitive, plural], ēlectuāriō [dative, singular], ēlectuāriīs [dative, plural], ēlectuārium [accusative, singular], ēlectuāria [accusative, plural], ēlectuāriō [ablative, singular], ēlectuāriīs [ablative, plural], ēlectuārium [singular, vocative], ēlectuāria [plural, vocative], ēlectārium [alternative]
  1. An electuary: a medicine mixed with honey or other sweetener to ease oral consumption. Tags: declension-2
    Sense id: en-electuarium-la-noun-V2NvEE0s Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 85 15
  2. (Medieval Latin) Prescription medicine generally. Tags: Medieval-Latin, declension-2
    Sense id: en-electuarium-la-noun-zSG-4eND Categories (other): Medieval Latin, Latin neuter nouns in the second declension Disambiguation of Latin neuter nouns in the second declension: 37 63
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: apothecary's Latin
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        ],
        [
          "honey",
          "honey"
        ],
        [
          "other",
          "other"
        ],
        [
          "sweetener",
          "sweetener"
        ],
        [
          "ease",
          "ease"
        ],
        [
          "oral",
          "oral"
        ],
        [
          "consumption",
          "consumption"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin terms with quotations",
        "Medieval Latin",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
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              14,
              25
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          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              23,
              32
            ]
          ],
          "english": "In truth, the ounce in medicines is formed from twenty pennyweight.",
          "ref": "c. 1300, Tractatus de Ponderibus et Mensuris:",
          "text": "Uncia vero in electuariis consistit ex viginti denariis",
          "translation": "In truth, the ounce in medicines is formed from twenty pennyweight.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Prescription medicine generally."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Prescription",
          "prescription"
        ],
        [
          "medicine",
          "medicine"
        ],
        [
          "generally",
          "generally"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Medieval Latin) Prescription medicine generally."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Medieval-Latin",
        "declension-2"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[eː.ɫɛk.tuˈaː.ri.ũː]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[e.lek.tuˈaː.ri.um]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "electuarium"
}

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