tithymalus

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

tĭthymălus (tĭthymallus), i, m., = τιθύμαλος,

a plant with a milklike sap , spurge (Euphorbia, Linn.), of many species, Plin. 26, 8, 39, § 62; App. Herb. 108; Ser. Samm. 46, 841; 64, 1106.—A female species, called tĭthymălis , ĭdis, sea-spurge : Euphorbia paralias, Linn.; Plin. 26, 8, 41, § 68.