panchrestus

panchrestus ( panchristus ), a, um, adj., = panchrêstos, good or useful for every thing:

medicamenta,

Plin. 36, 20, 38, § 146; 23, 7, 71, § 136.—

II.

Transf., ironically: cum omnes ejus comites iste sibi suo illo panchresto medicamento amicos reddidisset, by his sovereign remedy, i. e. money, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 65, § 152.