opopire (s.xiii2/4)
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opopire (s.xiii2/4)

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[ gdw]

[ FEW: ∅; Gdf: ∅; GdfC: ∅; TL: ∅; DEAF:  opopira; DMF: ∅; TLF: ∅; OED: ∅; MED: ∅; DMLBS: 2033b opopyra ]
opopiram;  oppopira  
Latin; Greek

The word’s suggested etymology (see DMLBS) is Ancient Greek: οπος (‘juice’) and πυρ (‘fire’). The context of A-N Med i 179 indicates that the preparation was probably an opiate.

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1med.pharm.medicinal preparation or opiate that induces a fiery sensation: 
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  li doigne l'en opiates, auream, oppopira, diacastoreum, poudre de poivre et de senevé et dongne l'e[n] avesques vin  i 209
( c.1300; MS: s.xivin )  Ausi donét checune nuyt opopiram ou esdram ou auream alexandrinam ou tiriake ou mitridatum, mes seit destempré ovekes eawe de la decoction de sauge e castoreum  ii 148
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