hypericum

hypericum, ~on [CL < ὑπέρεικον], ~a 1 (var.) species of hypericum, St. John’s wort; b (var.). ipsam ‥ herbam Greci ypericon, Latini herbam perforatam sive herbam S. Joannis appellare solent; que ‥ venenum specialiter consumere perhibetur Ad. Eyns. Hug. V 8; apponatur tertia pars de yperico Gilb. I 51v. 1; nec ~on ‥ absque spirituali respectu intelligencie demones fugare potest Ps.-Gros. Summa 517; laventur pedes cum decoccione rostri bovis, plantaginis, hipericon, foliorum quercus Gad. 6. 2; ipericon Ib. 106v. 1 (v. herba 3); ypericon SB 23 (v. diabolus 3); herba S. Johannis, i. ypericon; herba perforata, idem Ib; ypericon Alph. 78 (v. herba 3); yperycon Ib. 195; yppericum herba est colore subrufa ‥; vires habet acriter stringentes et mintuales Ib.; erbe Jone, or Seynt Jonis worte, perforata ‥ ipericon, fem., indecl. PP; iperica, A. Seynt Johnys worte WW.  b recipe radicem ‥ calamenti, quod longo usu solvit quartanam, et ypericon silvestre Gilb. I 48. 1; ypericon femina similis est ypericon alii sed habet stipitem quadratum et album et latiora flora. yperison, i. [? sc. idem] possibile Alph. 195. 2 (? by misinterp. or conf. between CL corissum and LL corion < κορίον) coriander. herba ~on, thœt ys corion Leechdoms I 58; ~on, corion Gl. Durh..