nepenthe
英 [ne'penθɪ]
美[nɪ'pɛnθi]
- n. （据传说古希腊人用的）忘忧药（形容词nepenthean）；解忧烦之物
英文词源
- nepenthe (n.)
- 1570s, nepenthes, from Greek nepenthes, from ne- "no, not" (see un-) + penthos "pain, grief," from PIE *kwent(h)- "to suffer" (see pathos). A drug of Egypt mentioned in the "Odyssey" as capable of banishing grief or trouble from the mind. The -s is a proper part of the word, but likely was mistaken in English as a plural affix and dropped.