silphĭum, ii, n., = σίλφιον,
a plant , called in pure Latin laserpitium, Cato R. R. 157, 7; Plin. 19, 3, 15, § 38; 22, 23, 48, § 100 ( Col. 6, 17, 7; 12, 7, 4, written as Greek).