stratiotes

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

strătĭōtes, ae, m., = στρατιώτης,

a water-plant; either the aloe-leaved watersoldier : Stratiotes aloides, Linn.; or the great duck-weed : Pistia stratiotes, Linn.; Plin. 24, 18, 105, § 169.—Called also stră-tĭōtĭcē , App. Herb. 88.