triaca
See also: Triaca
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /triˈa.ka/[1]
- Rhymes: -aka
- Hyphenation: tri‧à‧ca
Related terms
References
- triaca in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Sicilian
Alternative forms
trinaca, truiaca (dialectal variants)
Etymology
From Latin theriaca, from Ancient Greek θηριακή (thēriakḗ, “antidote”) feminine form of θηριακός (thēriakós, “concerning venomous beasts”), from θήρ (thḗr, “beast”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): / ʈɽiˈa.ka /, [ʈɽɪˈa.ka]
- Rhymes: -aca
- Hyphenation: tri‧à‧ca
Noun
triaca f (plural triachi)
- (historical, pharmacology) theriac, a supposed universal antidote against poison, especially snake venom; specifically, one such developed in the 1st century as an improvement on mithridate.
- (typically Sicilian) A pasta dish made with fresh beans and served almost as a soup
Related terms
- fasola
- pasta câ triaca
Spanish
Further reading
- “triaca”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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