ischias

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

ischĭas, ădis, f., = ἰσχιάς.

I The hip-gout , sciatica , Plin. 27, 5, 16, § 33.—

II Transf., an herb said to be good for the hip-gout; called also leucacantha, Plin. 22, 16, 18, § 40.

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