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dictamnus

dictamnus, dittany (an herb)

Frieze-Dennison Vergil

dictamnus , ī, f., -um, ī, n.: dittany, an aromatic plant found on Mount Dicte, in Crete, 12.412. (Dicte)

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dictamno Noun: feminine ablative singular, Noun: feminine dative singular of dictamnus

dictamno Noun: neuter dative singular, Noun: neuter ablative singular of dictamnum

See dictamno in Morpho

dictamnus, ~um [CL < δίκταμνον], ~ia , dittany (Origanum Dictamnus) or sim.. herba ~us Leechdoms I 28; diptamnus vel bibulcos, wilde nœp Ælf. Gl.; item a ‘dico’ ‥ hoc dictannum, ~ni, i. quedam herba Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 158; diptannus, piretrum, piper, allia, salvia, ruta D. Bec. 2657; ditanum [gl.ditayne] Neckam Ut. 102 (v. 2 costus); diptannus est herba medicinalis‥. hanc quidam pulegium Mar[t]is vocant, quia habet †cella eiciendi †bellicam potestatem [= Isid. Etym. XVII 9. 29: propter belli tela excutienda] Bart. Angl. XVII 49; hec †dictamus [MS: dictamis], ditain Gl. AN Glasg. f. 19; 12‥ diptannum, ditaundere WW; res que ‥ eas confortent, ut terra sigillata et radix diptani Bacon IX 108; digerent[es] melancoliam ‥ herbe sunt ‥ saturegia, arthemisia, diphthamus Gad. 15. 2; diptannum multi dicunt pulegium agreste. folia habet lanosa ‥, sed neq semen neque florem habet. creditur quod sit pilocella Alph. 51; diptania, A. dytayne ‥, hic ditamnus, detane WW.

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