oenothera

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

oenŏthēra, ae, f., or oenŏthēris, ĭdis, f., = οἰνοθήρα or οἰνοθηρίς (also ŏnŏ-thēra, onŏthūris),

a plant , the juice of which , drunk in wine , produces sleep : onothera, sive onear, hilaritatem afferens in vino, Plin. 26, 11, 69, § 111; acc. onothurim, id. 24, 17. 102, § 167; 26, 14, 87, § 146.