siligo

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

sĭlīgo, ĭnis, f.

I A kind of very white wheat , winter-wheat : Triticum hibernum, Linn.; Cato R. R. 35, 1?? Varr. R. R. 1, 23, 2; Cels. 2, 19; Col. 2, 6, 2; 2, 9, 5; 2, 9, 13; Plin. 18, 8, 20, § 85; 18, 7, 10, § 61.—

II Transf., fine wheaten flour , Plin. 18, 9, 20, § 85; Juv. 5, 70; 6, 472.

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