Aesculapius

[ es-kyuh-ley-pee-uhsor, especially British, ee-skuh- ]

noun

1. the ancient Roman god of medicine and healing.

Aesculapius

/ ˌiːskjʊˈleɪpɪəs /

noun

1. the Roman god of medicine or healing Greek counterpartAsclepius

Example Sentences

No, I'm only going to save the reputation of AEsculapius by giving him a prescription got from a quack to give to a goose.

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Aesculapius raised him to life, however, and Diana concealed him in the grove of Aricia under the name of Virbius.

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His friend Giese speaks of him as a very skilful physician, and even calls him a second AEsculapius.

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We commonly say that Aesculapius has prescribed riding for one patient, walking for another, a cold bath for a third.

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The first great physician among the Greeks was AEsculapius, of whom, however, we have only traditions.

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