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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    10 Oxitomili succi S i. succus citranguli. Oxifenicia'^ uel fincon dicitur, inde(?) dactilus indicus uel tamarindus, fructus est cuiusdam arboris. 5 Oxiren^, i. forte acetum. Oxoleon'*, dicitur acetum cum oleo. Oxi uel oxis^, i. acetum uel acutum, unde cum pro acuto ponitur, unde dicitur oxidorcasi. acute uidens, et oxiporiumi. acute penitrans poros; cum pro aceto ponitur, inde dicitur oximel[l]is* et oxi- galac ^ i. lac acetosum, et oxife- 15 nicia dactilus acetosus i. cama- rindus, qui sic dicitur quia, ut dicit Oribasius, nascuntur in forma dac- tili, cortex abicitur, sed medulla que nigra est et acetosa ad nos 2° affertur. Oxima uel oxina ulcus idem. Oxalmon ^^, i. acetosum cum sale mix- tum. Oxicantos arbor est nimium spinosa, fructum mirte similem habens, sed 25 paulo maiorem, rubeum interius et granatum, [et] est autem co- hercentis uirtutis. Oxiloeassa cassa linguea idem. Oxporis [id est] esula. 30 Ozimum^'' uel ozimon, i. basilicon, herba est cuius semine utuntur apotecarii, folia habet similia sa- tureie, sed albiora, hastas duarum palmarum, que haste folliculos ha- 35 bent similes iusquiamo et semen nigrum simile melancio, cum uino bibita morsus uenantus compescit. [Respice in basilicon.] Item Ozminimurtica idem, Res- 4° pice in yerda Ozima, [id est] semen urtice. I. oxitromili. 2. finicon dicitur etiam. 9. inde. 11. penetrans. 12. acuto, 15. i. dactilus. tamarindus. 21. utilis. 22. acetum. 25. habet. 26. rubrum. 29. oxilocassia, cassia lignea. 30. i. esula. 33. satureye. 38. uenenatos. 40. ozimum. 42. i. semen. ^ Read ' CUromeli succi, i. succus citranguli.' Cf. Diosc. i. 166, koX 6 xvXbs avTwv 0iPpw(TKeTat, K. T. \. See ante, Citromilum. ^ See ante, Fincon indi. ^ See App. Oxirenm. * b^iXaiov, ° ofur. ^ b^vSepKrjs. b^viropojv. * b^viJ.(\i, ° b^vyaXa. Bart. p. 32,' Oxigalac, i. lac acetosum.' App.' Oxyphenicon vel phenicia ind. i. tamarindi.' Perhaps 07KCU/WI. 6^0X^77, Diosc. v. 23. See A-pp. Oxamium. Diosc. i. 122, b^v&KavOa . . . StvSpov effTi . . . aKavOSiSfs ayav,K. t.\. ^vKoKaaia. Renzi, Coll. Salemit. iii. 205,'Oyporis (var. Opporiza) id est Esula.' Diosc. ir. 170, wklixov, but the description is that of wKiyLouhes, Diosc. iv. 28, K\uivas 5« airiBaixLaiovs, SatreFy \o0ovs ■trapaTr^rjaiovs voaKvanq) Tr\r)pus airipfiaTos fie\avoi Iolkotos ixe\av6ia>. ^'^ See ante, Acantus and Achalaphe : and App.' Acaneum orminum uel igridia id est urtica.' There can be little doubt that yerda and igridia (cf. App. 1. c.) represent kvlSt} (Diosc. iv. 92), but it is not so clear how urlica comes to be used to gloss either orminiim or ozimum. Perhaps the cause of the confusion may lie in a gloss ev^wfiov, i. eruca, and eruca may have then been corrupted into urtica.