setania

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

sētănĭa, ae, f., and sētănĭum (-on), i, n., = σητανία and σητάνιον.

I The name of a kind of medlar : setania, Plin. 15, 20, 22, § 84.—Also in the neutr. subst. : non possunt militares pueri setania educier, Plaut. Truc. 5, 16.—

II Setania, a kind of onion , Plin. 19, 6, 32, § 102.—

III Setanion, a kind of bulb , Plin. 19, 5, 30, § 95.