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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    3° Capitelliim S lexiua deponens capillos capitis idem. Capres'^ uel capios, stercus, capnus idem. 5 Capud leonis florem habet indum /ormaium ad modum capitis leonis. Canabaria ^ similis est in foliis canabo. Canusela*similis est polio montano sed non habet tam grossa folia nec tam 10 beneredolet. Foliis et flore utimur. Caniculata % iusquiamus ^ cassilago \ simphonita ^ [dens cabellinus * idem]. gall. canele uel sinphonie, angl. henbane uel hennedwole^^. Canabion est medianus cortex sam- 15 buci ut in Alex. in tractatu podagre. Cazei pontici, i. daucus creticus, [a^e.] wilde scirwit. Carenum, i. uinum coctum in medicinis. Carm agreste cumnella, ameos ao cordumeon uel cordumeni idem. Careon^, nux idem. Inde leptecarion^, 13. quenille 18. wylde- caprinus. 5. caput. 8. camisella. 10. floribus. 12. simphoniaca. uei syphoine. 14. hennebane. 15. medius. 16. pedagre. 17. carei. schirewyt. 20. ciminella. 21. cordumenon. 22. leptecareon. 1 Sim. Jan. * Capitellum vocatur aqua saponariorum, lixivium est quo fit sapo, aqua prima, gutta prima a quibusdam dicitur.' Matth. Silv. c. cxxxlv,' Capilellum aqua saponariorum, i. lixivium, ex quo fit sapo, dictum gutta prima, aqua prima.' Bart. p. 14, ' Capitellum, lexiva fortis.' Renzi, Coll. Salemit. iii. p. 282, ' Capitellum, lexivia, prima gutta, saponi {var. saponarii) idem.' Reinesius, Var. Lect. p. 553- ' ^P^' ^f- Bart. p. 20, 'Erascopos, i. caprarum fimus.' cf. Diosc. ii. 98. App. ' Corpus, i. stercus vel fimus.' ' App. ' Cacaparia similis est canapis foliis.' Perhaps Kavva^is dypia, of which Diosc. iii. 156 says, 5^ <pv\\a o/ioia TT? ^iifpqi. * Perhaps xoA*a'C'7^oi/. Plin. Hist. Nat. xxvii. lo, ' Gnaphalion alii chamEezelon vocant.' = Macer, ' Jusquiamum Grseci quam nostri caniculatam Dicunt.' « vbs Kiayios, Diosc. iv. 69. ^lian, Var. Hist. i. 7, says that the wild-boar is paralysed by eating henbane, but finds an antidote in the shape of crabs. ' Bart. p. 14, ' Cassilago, i. semen jusquiami. Canicularis idem.' Bart. p. 40, ' Simphoniaca, i. iusquiamus.' App. ' Symphonica, iusquiamus, canicularis, latrecula (i. e. laterculum or alterculum) idem est.' E. P. N. p. I, ' Sinphoniaca, > is h^enne belle.' ib. p. , ' Symphoniaca, beolone.' Apuleius, de Virt. Herb. c. iv, ' alii symphoniacam, alii calicularem appellant, alii dentariam.' Perhaps avncpcvvLaic^. Gerarde, p. 363,' the flowers are beU-fashion.' Diosc. iv. 69, 'PwimToi Ivadva, Uvrapia. E. P. N. p. 47, 'Jusquiamus, cheniUe, hennebone.' Compare the French hanebane, the last part of which has been thought to be related to our bean and the Ger. Bohne: but compare cow-bane, flea-bane, dog^s-bane, wolfs-bane. Cf. the Gothic dwals, and Ger. toll Hence also the name Dwale for Atropa Belladonna. App. ' Sambuci medianus cortex vocatur, et quandoque cortice et radice utimur.' » App. ' Carei ponttct. 1. dauci. Apparently a confusion oi carota with icApva ^ovtihL, Diosc. i. i79- But see also K^pos, id. m. 59. Bart p 14,' Carenum est uinum dulce.' App.' Car<znum est uinum coctum.' Palladius xi. 18. ' Defrutum car^num et sapa uno genere conficiuntur e musto.' ' Nicol. Alex. Antidotum Adnam pr^bere lax^al.Koh Koi ve<ppLrLKoTs /xeTd «apo.Vov jubet . . . p.utatur esse vox Lat. (Steph. Ihes.) - K&po., Diosc. iii. 69- «/'M.. Diosfi. iii. 63. » Bart. p. 16, ' Cordumei, 1. carui agrestis. An Arabic distortion of a Greek word, see post, Cordumen. tA Sl irovTtKOL o ivioi \(rtTOKapva Ka\ovatv, i. e. hazel-nuts.