nepenthe

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A drug that relieves one of emotional pain, grief or sorrow; nepenthes

Quaff, oh quaff this kind nepenthe and forget this lost Lenore!.

{n} a drug that can expel all pain or care
A potion which causes one to forget their troubles
A drug described in Homers Odyssey that relieves one of emotional pain, grief or sorrow
Anything which effects the welcome forgetfulness of such sorrow
{i} legendary drug that caused one to forget his troubles or sorrow; anything which induces a soothing sense of forgetfulness (of pain or troubles)
Hence, anything soothing and comforting
A drug used by the ancients to give relief from pain and sorrow; by some supposed to have been opium or hasheesh
(3 syl ) or Nepenthes, a drug to drive away care and superinduce love Polydamna, wife of Thonis (or Thone, 1 syl ), King of Egypt, gave nepenthe to Helen (daughter of Jove and Leda) Homer speaks of a magic potion called nepenthe, which made persons forget their woes (Odyssey, iv 228 ) “That nepenthes which the wife of Thone In Egypt gave the Jove-born Helena ” Milton: Comus, 695, 696 The water of Ardenne had the opposite effect
nepenthe

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    [ n&-'pen(t)-thE ] (noun.) 1580. Back-formation from nepenthes.
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