achilleos

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

ăchillēos, i, f., = Ἀχίλλειος, sc. herba,

a medicinal plant , said to have been discovered by Achilles , milfoil or yarrow , Plin. 25, 5, 19, 43; cf. achillea.

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