aloe

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

ălŏē, ēs, f. (n. in Veg. Art. Vet. 1, 14, 5; 1, 45, 5), = ἀλόη,

the aloe , Plin. 27, 4, 5, 14; used as a medicine, Cels. 1, 3; 2, 12; as a perfume, Vulg. Prov. 7, 17; ib Cant. 4, 14; in embalming, ib. Joan. 19, 39.—On account of its bitterness, trop.: plus aloës quam mellis habet, * Juv. 6, 180.

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