A MEDICO-BOTANICAL GLOSSARF. 



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libanum ^ idem, [et libantus, re- 



spice in olibanum.] 

 Libanoehis, 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. 

 Liquirieia *, gliconia ^ glicoricia idem. 



ge. regarice'', a. licoris''. 

 lo Litargium ^ est fex argenti uel auri, 



siue spuma. 

 Licinum , lichinum idem, g. lynnoun, 



a7i. 7necche^^ iiel wjk^^. 

 Licium^^, i, succus caprifolii, oculus 



lucidi^'' idem. 15 



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^. gromel ". 

 Lichos^^ est nomen demonis. [G]li- 



chos ^ grece, lapis latine. 



5. saxifragie. 

 21. Lychosmon. 



6. stipitem. 

 22. gTomoyl. 



8. lycorys. 

 23. et lithos. 



iS. Lyneleon. 



20. Lyrisco. 



^ hivbpoXiBavos. ^ App. ' Lycospenna, i. semen saxifragice, uel grana solis.' Bart 



p. 23, ' Gramim solis, i. milium solis, i. gromil.' KiOoampixov, 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 Estda ininor that the one is hardly knowne from the other but bv this 

 old verse, Esula lactescit, sine lacte Linaria crescit.' See Esula. * Bart. p. 28, ' Liqtiircia, 



i. glicoricia idem.' ^ See ante, Glicoricla : possibly yKvKeo^j.a (?). App. ' Gliconse, i. 



liquiritiEe.' ^ Reglisse. Cotgrave, ' Regalice, i. Lickorice.' ^ Liquorice. 



* Bart. p. 28, ' Lithargirum est frex auri sive argenti sive eorum spuma.' XtOapyvpov, Diosc. v, 

 102. ^ eWvxviov. MS. Ashm. 1470, ' Licininm sive lickiniiwi.' \Vright's Vocabularies 



(ed. Wiilcker), 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 gunner's match, . . . also the wick or cotten of a candle ; ' also tniccia. 

 '^ Our wich. ^ \vKiov, Diosc. i. 132. Bart. p. 28, ' Liciiim 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, ' Ocuhis licii, i. volubile majus, i. caprifolium. Oculus lucidus, i. licium.' 

 " The name Xivo^o^aTis, Diosc. iv. 1S8, has been variously corrupted : cf. Bart. p. 28, ' Linochides, 

 i. mercurialis.' App. ' Linoles agria, i. mercurialis.' Possibly lithitis may be one of these cor- 

 ruptions. One of the names given in Dioscorides is xpi"''"'*^- '^ Sim. Jan. ' Lineleon, 



oleum seminis lini.' \iviKaiov, formed like Sa<pv(\aiov. ""' Possibly a corruption of 



\(ms xa^oC, cf. Diosc. v. 89. " Sim. Jan. ' Lithospermon . . . et est milium solis apud 



nos.' \i06crnepixov , Diosc. iii. 14S. See ante, Lichospermatis, and Granum solis. *" Grom- 



well. *' Sim. Jan. ' Litodemon, lapis demonis i. gagatis.' App. ' Liihodemon, i. lapis niger, 



qui de India venit.' Jet (7070777$) is described byDiosc. v. 145. Albertus Magnus, DeLapidibus 

 Preciosis, ii. 7, ' valet etiam . . . contra fantasmata melancholica qurc quidam dsemones vocant.' 

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