English Dictionary

potable gold

名詞

不可算名詞 歴史的

(alchemy) A theoretical substance which would confer eternal life on the drinker. / (historical) A preparation consisting of gold particles in oil and alcohol.

日本語の意味

錬金術的意味：飲むことで飲用者に永遠の命をもたらすとされる理論上の物質としての金 / 歴史的意味：油とアルコール中に微細な金粒子が混合された調製物としての金

The aging alchemist claimed he had finally refined a vial of potable gold and planned to test whether it could make him immortal.

老いた錬金術師はついに一瓶の不老不死の霊薬を精製したと主張し、それが自分を不死にするかどうかを試すつもりだった。

意味（1）

(alchemy) A theoretical substance which would confer eternal life on the drinker.

This tradition found its way to the West in the notion of ‘potable gold’ (aurum potabile), a medicine that, if drunk, would cure all manner of ills.

意味（2）

(historical) A preparation consisting of gold particles in oil and alcohol.