quackery Copy link Outline 1. circŭlātōrĭae praestigiae, Tert. Apol. 232. empīrĭcē, es, f. (ἐμπειρική)3. ĭātrăliptĭcē (or -leptice), ēs, f. • quackery, quacking: 1. circŭlātōrĭae praestigiae, Tert. Apol. 23: *c. artes. 2. empīrĭcē, es, f. (ἐμπειρική): Plin. 29, 1, 4. 3. ĭātrăliptĭcē (or -leptice), ēs, f.: Plin. 29, 1, 2. (For the wider sense, v. boasting, imposture.)
QUACKERY Copy link • QUACKERYArt of irregular medical practitioner, *circulatoriae medicamentorum venditiones. Empty boasting, circulatoria jactatio: of litterary men, etc., circulatoria litteratorum vanitas; ostentatio artis et portentosa scientiae venditatio.