elleborus

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

ellĕbŏrus (hell-), i, m., and ellĕ-bŏrum (hell-), i, n.,

hellebore , in pure Lat. veratrum, a plant much used by the ancients as a remedy for mental diseases, epilepsy, etc.; the best grew on the island of Anticyra, in the Aegean Sea, Plin. 25, 5, 21, § 47; Plin. id. 25, 13, 94, § 150; Gell. 17, 15; Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 89; Verg. G. 3, 451; Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 137; Cels. 2, 13; Sen. Ep. 83, 25.

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