PLINY: NATURAL HISTORY 



in^ vino pota, stranguriam efficacius addito dauco, 

 lieni quoque utilis adversus serpentes bibitur, iumen- 

 tis quoque in pituita aut stranguria, hordeo inspersa 

 succurrit. 



84 LI. Anthyllion ^ est lenti simillima quae in vino 

 pota vesicas vitiis liberat, sanguinem sistit, altera 

 anthyllis chamaepityi ^ simiHs, flore purpureo, odore 

 gravi, radice intubi, vel magis medetur. . . .* 



LII. Cepaea, similis porcilacae, nigriore radice, sed 

 inutili, nascens in litoribus harenosis, gustu amara. 

 in vino cum asparagi radice vesicae plurimum 

 prodest. 



85 LIII. Eadem praestat hypericon (alii chamaepityn, 

 alii corissum appellant) oleraceo frutice, tenui, cubi- 

 tali, rubente, foho rutae, odore acri, semine in siliqua 



^ in codd. v a Detlefsen : e codd. d x Mayhoff, qui post 

 farina comma ponit. 



^ Anthyllion vulg. e Dioscoride, Mayhoff: canthyllion VE 

 Detlefsen. Postea quoque non anthyllis sed canthyllis codd., 

 Dethfsen. 



^ chamaepityi Mayhoff (Dioscor. III 136 {avdvXXis;) xajxai.- 

 TiTvt . . . eot/v-e . . . To 8' dvOos Trop(jivpovv, ^apvoaiiov laxvpws, 

 pi^a (ZaTTep Kixopiov. 



* Post niedetur lacunam indicat Mayhoff : Detlefsen Vel 

 magis medetur ante cepaea ponit puncto anteposito. Dioscor. 

 III 136 ij 8e T^ x^^t^aiTTLTvi OfxoLa . . . Kai emXrjTTTiKwv 

 poT^OrjiJia avv o^vpiiXiTi TTivonevr], unde Mayhoff putat excidisse 

 fere comitialibus in oxymelite. 



" It is easier to supply a verb (such as sanat) to govem 

 stranguriam than it is to emend to stranguriae with Mayhoff. 



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