PLINY: NATURAL HISTORY 



aqua dulcis fiat, eaque efFusa radicem terentes dige- 

 runt in pastillos sole siccatos et postea utuntur ad 

 capitis ulcera et cetera quae repurganda sint, item ad 

 tussim quantum tribus digitis adprehenderint in vino 

 dantes, et ad lateris dolores aut peripleumonicis 

 ecligmate. dant et propter ischiada in vino bibendam 

 et propter tormina mensesque ciendos. 



119 XCIII. Pephs, quam ahqui sycen, ahi meconion, 

 ahi mecona aphrode vocant, ex una radice tenui 

 fruticat fohis rutae paulo latioribus, semine sub fohis 

 rotundo, minore quam candidi papaveris.^ inter 

 vites fere colhgitur messibus siccaturque cum fructu 

 suo subiectis in quae excidat. hoc poto alvus solvitur, 

 bihs ac pituita detrahitur. media potio est acetabuh 

 mensura in aquae mulsae heminis tribus. et cibis 

 inspergitur obsoniisque ad molhendam alvum. 



120 XCIV. Periclymenon fruticat et ipsa ex intervallo 

 duo foha habens subcandida, molha. in cacumine 

 autem semen inter folia durum et quod difficile 

 vellatur. nascitur in arvis ac saepibus circumvolvens 

 se adminicuhs quibuscumque. semen eius in umbra 



1 minore quam candidi papaveris Hermolaus Barbarus : 

 minor candido papavere Detlefsen post Urlichs : semen est 

 sub foliis, rotundum, minus candido papavere Mayhoff : 

 minus d vulg. : minos VR : papaver VII : papaveris d( t)vidg. 



" Dioscorides IV 14 : BafiviaKos . . . ex<mv eK Staorij/^iaTO? 

 <f)vXXa.pia TT€piei\Tr]<f>6Ta avTov, inroXevKa, KLaaoei8ij Kai. Trapa to. 

 <f>vXXa eK^XaoTrjaeL^, e(j) wv Kapnos Ktaaa> TrapaTrX-qaios , olovei 

 emKeip.evos Ta> <f>vXXa), aKXrjpos Kal BvaaTToaTTaaros. ' Peri- 

 clymenon fruticat seems to mean ' Periclymenon forms a 

 shrub.' This fits honeysuckle, Lonicera etrusca, to which the 

 name is usually referred. Pliny is inclined to treat any plant 

 name as feminine, regardless of what it is, probably with herba 

 in his mind. Ipsa therefore means ' this plant.' As I study 



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