Macedonicus

Macedonicus, s. 1. Macedo.

Macedonicus, ~ius [CL] 1 Macedonian. iris Illirica i. Macidonea, que fuerit gravissimi ponderis Gl. Laud. 852. 2 (in names of plants): a (as sb. f. ~ia or n. ~icum) horse parsley, alexanders (Smyrnium olusatrum). b (petroselinum or apium ~icum) horse parsley, or other umbelliferous plant. c (malum ~icum) crab apple (Malus sylvestris; cf. Matianus). a ~ia i. petrosilinum Gl. Laud. 995; petrosilinum ~icum, colubrina ‥ herbe note sunt Neckam NR II 166; semen apii, macedo’, saxifrage Gilb. IV 189. 1; ad calculum frangendum: recipe ‥ semen ~ici Pop. Med. 249. 111; semina calida diuretica sunt ‥ carui, ameos, ~icum, petro[silium] domesticum Gad. 15. 1; ~icum, alexandrinum idem SB 29; ~ia vel ~icum, petrocillinum idem, G. alisandre, A. stamerche Alph. 108; alysaundere, herbe, or stanmarch, ~ia PP; ~ia, A. alysaunder seede MS BL Sloane 347 f. 89.  b si paciens ‥ masticet ‥ semen petrosilli ~ici Pop. Med. 229; petrosillinum ~icum, G. alisaundre, A. stanmersh Alph. 5; apium ‥ ~icum ‥ G. ache, A. smalache[? i. e. wild celery, Apium graveolens] MS BL Royal 12 G iv f. 134ra; apium ~icum i. strucion ‥ staunche vel alisaundre Ib..  c malum Macodonicum i. pomum silvestre, G. pome dé bois MS BL Sloane 347 f. 88v.

Măcĕdŏnĭcus, (12) a, um, de Macédoine : Cic. Fam. 12, 23, 2 ; Tac. H. 3, 22 ; Plin. 4, 51 || subst. m. , Macédonique [surnom de Cæcilius Métellus, vainqueur de la Macédoine] : Vell. 1, 11 ; Plin. 7, 144.

Macedonĭcus

A name given to Q. Caecilius Metellus, who made Macedonia a Roman province. See Vell. Peterc. i. 11, and the article Metellus.