malobathron

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

mālŏbăthron (mālŏbăthrum), i, n., = μαλόβαθρον.

I Lit., an Indian or Syrian plant, from which a costly oint ment was prepared , perh. betel or base cin namon , Plin. 12, 26, 59, § 129; Sid. Carm. 2, 415.—

II Transf., the oil procured from this plant, malobathrum : coronatus nitentes Malobathro Syrio capillos, Hor. C. 2, 7, 7; also used in medicine, Cels. 5, 23; Plin. 23, 4, 48, § 93.

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