allium

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

allĭum (better alium; v. Plaut. Most. 48 Ritschl, and Corp. Ins. tit. iv. 2070), i, n. [cf. ἀλλᾶς, seasoned meat], garlic (much used for food among the poor).

I Lit.: oboluisti alium, Plaut. Most. 1, 1, 38; so id. Poen. 5, 5, 34 al.; Hor. Epod. 3, 3; Plin. 19, 6, 32, § 101.— Plur. alia, Verg. E. 2, 11.—

II Trop.: atavi nostri cum alium ac saepe eorum verba olerent, tamen optime animati erant, Varr. ap. Non. 201, 6 (where the double trope olere ... animati is worthy of notice).

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