chelidonius

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

chĕlīdŏnĭus, a, um, adj., = χελιδόνιος,

I pertaining to the swallow : lapilli, found in the crop of young swallows , swallow-stone , Plin. 11, 37, 79, § 203: ficus, a particular reddish species of fig , Col. 10, 415; Plin. 15, 18, 19, § 71: gemma, Plin. 37, 10, 56, § 154.—

B Subst.: chĕlīdŏnĭa , ae, f. (sc. herba): Chelidonium majus, Linn.; swallowwort , celandine , Plin. 25, 8, 50, §§ 89 and 90; also herba chelidoniae in Ser. Samm. 37, 699.

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