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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    mircacante, folia habet mirte simi- lia, alba et acuta in fine, semen rotundum et oblatum et obrufum, urinam et menses prouocat. 6 Mira ^ lacrinum est arbor cuiusdem nominis que in Arabia inuenitur, hec arbor incisa lacrimam emittit. Est ergo optima mirra que est mundissima, tactu aspera et arida, 10 odore suavis, gustu amara; et est calefaciens. [Respice in Stac- ten.] Mirra trodiden ad laudem dicta est quod sit troditen, i. rotunda, trocos 15 enim rotundus dicitur. Mircus' siue mirca idem, inde uinum et oleum mirtinum siue mirtillum, et mirchite indeclinabile quod sonat quantum mirtinum. 20 Mirtallica * corpora dicuntur ut au- rum, auripigmentum, litargirum, caloncemenon ^ et similia. Moreclium, amarusca idem, anglice maythe. [Morella maior, respice in respice 25 solatrum.] Morella'', solatrum ortolanum uel so- latrum mortale, strignumuua lupina* idem, florem habet nigrum et fructum rubeum, ualet contra 30 calefactionem epatis. gall. mo- rele^, anglice nichtheschode uel houndesberie Et est aliud so- latrum uentaticum uel montanum. Morus'^, fructus eius ualet contra 35 squinanciam quando non nimiam habet maturitatem. Morus g^. morer [Morsus galline, angHce chike- mete ^^, respice in yppia. 40 I. mirtacante. 5. lacrimum. arboris eiusdem. 13. trodidens. 14. quo sco trodite. trochos. 17. mirtellinum. 19. quam. 22. calcucemenon. 24. maith. 32. nijtescliede. 33. hundesberye. 36. uiniam. ' Diosc. i. 77» afivpva SaKpvSv kari ShSpov yevvaifievov iv 'ApaPtq, n.r.X, ' Diosc. i. 77, ■npaiTfvti Si j) Tpoy\coSvTiKri Ka\ovfitvTi aTrci rrjs ytvvwaijs avrrjv x^^po-^- Matth. Silv. c. dxlix, 'Mirra trockiten, i. rotunda aa. trochos, i. rotundum.' A confusion of Tpo-fXwSvTiicf) with rpo- XotiSrjs. ' Myrtus. /xupcrjV?;, Diosc. i. 155. * See ante, Metallica. ' x^''''^ KtKavnivT), Diosc. v. 115. ° Neckam, De Laud. Div. Sap. vii. 271, ' Contrahit a Mauro nomen maurella.' E. P. N. p. 47,' Morella, morele, atterlojie.' ib. p. 51,' Hoc strigillutn, morelle. Hoc solatrum, idem.' Bart. p. 30, 'Morella sive Maurella, solatrum, uva lupina, strignum idem sunt.' Gerarde, p. 339,' It is called ... of the Latines, Solanum and Solanum hortense : in shops Sola- trum.' ' arpvxvos, Diosc. iv. 71. ' E. P. N. p. 14, 'Strumus vel uva lupina, niht-scada.' Cotgrave,' Morelle, the hearbe Morell, pettie Morell, garden Nightshade.' Night-shade. Gerarde, Supplement, ' Houndherry, Solanum.' /^opea, Diosc. i. 180. See ante, Celsus, Celsa. Cotgrave,' Meurier, a mulberrie tree.' Wrighfs Vocabularies (ed. Wiilcker, p. 596),'Mors:« galline, an<^^ Chykemete.' ib. p. 558,'/«^/fia, muruns, chicne- mete.' E. P. N. p. 65, ' Hoc morsuspoli (read morsus pulli), a schykynw . . . .' Gerarde, p. 615, ' Chickweed or Chickenweed is called in Greek dXalvrj . . . of some of the Antients it is called Hippia.' Cotgrave, ' Morgeline, Ivie Chickweed, Henne-bit.' Gerarde, p. 617, ' Morsus Gallince, Hen's-bit, . . . in French Morsgelin and Morgeline.'