Alphita : a medico-botanical glossary from the Bodleian manuscript, Selden B.35 / edited by J.L.G. Mowat.

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1887
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    libanum^ idem, [et libantus, re- spice in olibanum.] Libanochis, i. flos roris marini, [re- spice in coniza.] 5 Lichospermatis ^ i. semen saxifragii. Linaria ^ stipites et folia habet ad mo- dum lini et florem croceum. Liqtiiricia gliconia °, glicoricia idem. ge. regarice*', a. licoris''. 10 Litargium ^ est fex argenti uel auri, siue spuma. Licinum lichinum idem, g. lynnoun, an. mecche'^^ uel wyk^^. Lieium, i. succus caprifolii, oculus lucidiidem. 'S Lichitis'*, mercurialis idem, [respice ibi.] Linelion^^ oleum quod fit de semine lini [idem]. Liristo i. flos eris usti. 20 Lithosmon, granum solis, milium solis idem. g^. et a^. gromeP*'. Lichos-^ est nomen demonis. [G]Ii- chos '^ grece, lapis latine. 5. saxifragie. 6. stipitem. 8. lycorys. 18. Lyneleon. 20, Lyrisco. 21. Lychosmon. 22. gromoyl. 23. et lithos. * S(vSpo\iPavos. ' App. ' Lycosperma, i. semen saxifragize, uel grana solis.' Bart. p. 23,' Granum solis, i. milium solis, i. gromil.' Ki96atrtpij,ov, Diosc. iii. 148. ^ Bart. p. 28, ' Linaria, wilde flax.' Gerarde, p. 551, says of Toad-flax,' the whole plant before it come to floure so much resembleth Esula minor that the one is hardly knowne from the other but by this old verse, Esula lactescit, sine lacte Linaria crescil.' See Esula. * Bart. p. 28,' Liquircia, i. glicoricia idem.' ' See ante, Glicoricia : possibly yXvKcujxa (?). App. ' Gliconse, i. liquiritiffi.' ° Reglisse. Cotgrave, ' Regalice, i. Lickorice.' Liquorice. * Bart. p. 28,' Lithargirum est fsex auri sive argenti sive eorum spuma.' \i66.pyvpov, Diosc. v. 102. ^ (Wvxviov. MS. Ashm. i/\.'jo,' Licinium sive lichiniiim.' Wright's Vocabularies (ed. Wlilcker), p. 754,' Hic lichinus, a<^®. meche.' Our match : cf Cotgrave, ' Meiche, the weeke (or snuffe) of a candle, the match of a lampe;' and also mesche. Italian miccio. Tor- riano,' Miccio, micco, a gimner's match, . . . also the wick or cotten of a candle;' also miccia. Our wick. ^ XvKiov, Diosc. i. 132. Bart. p. 28,' Licium fit de succo caprifolii, sed non fit apud nos.' Gerarde, p. 1333, says it is 'a strange thing and knowne to very few: the apothecaries know it not, who in stead thereof do use amisse the juice of the fruit of woodbinde.' Bart. p. 32, ' Oculus licii, i. volubile majus, i. caprifolium. Oculus lucidus, i. licium.' The name \tv6(aiaTis, Diosc. iv. 188, has been variously corrupted: cf. Bart. p. 28, ' Linochides, i. mercurialis.' App.' Linotes agria, i. mercurialis.' Possibly lithitis may be one of these cor- ruptions. One of the names given in Dioscorides is xp^fiTrs. Sim. Jan. ' Lineleon, oleum seminis lini.' KivtXaiov, formed like ha<pv(\aiov. Possibly a corruption of A.e7ris x^fo5, cf. Diosc. v. 89. Sim. Jan. ' Lithospermon . . . et est milium solis apud nos.' \i66arr(ppiov, Diosc. iii. 148. See ante, Lichospermatis, and Granum solis. Grom- well. Sim. Jan. ' Litodemon, lapis demonis i. gagatis.' App.' Lithodemon, i. lapis niger, qui de India venit.' Jet (707(177/1) is described byDiosc. v. 145. Albertus Magnus, De Lapidibus Preciosis, ii. 7, * valet etiam . .. contra fantasmata melancholica quse quidam dasmones vocant.' \i6os. O %