Nepenthe - English meaning
Nepenthe – definitions in English dictionary
nounA drug described in homer's odyssey as banishing grief or trouble from a person's mind.
Usage examples:
Alcohol and morphine - nepenthe means numbing the soul, numbing your soul.nounA plant of a genus that comprises the old world pitcher plants.
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Word origin
via Latin from Greek nēpenthēs ‘dispelling pain’, from nē- ‘not’ + penthos ‘grief’; sense 2 is from modern Latin.
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