Paregoric

a. [Lat. paregoricus, Gr. παρηγορικός, from παρηγορεῖν, to exhort, console, soothe, from παρήγορος, addressing, encouraging, soothing, from παρά, beside, and ἀγορεύειν, to speak in an assembly; Fr. parégorique, Sp. & It. paregorico.] Mitigating; assuaging pain; as, paregoric elixir.