styrax

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

styrax (stŏrax, Sol. 33 med.; Isid. Orig. 17, 8, 5), ăcis, m., = στύραξ,

I a tree; and also the resinous gum of that tree , storax , Plin. 12, 25, 55, § 125; 24, 6, 15, § 24; Verg. Cir. 167.

II —Hence, styrăcĭnus , a, um, of or made from storax : oleum, Cael. Aur. Tard. 2, 7.

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