menta

menta (mentha), ae, f., = μίντη,

• mint, acc. to the myth, so called from Menthe or Minthe, a nymph who was changed by Proserpine into this plant, Ov. M. 10, 729; 8, 663; Plin. 19, 8, 47, § 159: ructatrix, Mart. 10, 48, 10: serpens, Col. poët. 10, 119. —Prov.: decimatis mentham et rutam et omne olus, et praeteritis judicium, i. e. carefully attend to trifles and neglect weighty matters, Vulg. Luc. 11, 42; id. Matt. 23, 23.

menta (mentha), ae, f. (μίνθη), die Minze, Krauseminze, gew. neben ruta, Varro LL. 5, 103. Cic. ep. 9, 22, 3. Cels. 2, 31. Colum. poët. 10, 119. Plin. 19, 159. Scrib. Larg. 2 u. 197 (mentha). Mart. 10, 48, 10 (Schn. mentha). Vulg. Luc. 11, 42. Arnob. 7, 16: mentha et anethum, Vulg. Matth. 23, 23. Hieron. epist. 69, 4: Plur., Ov. met. 8, 663; 10, 729.

1 menta [CL mint] , b (w. ref. to Matth. xxiii 23 or Luc. xi 42). c (~a aquatica, silvatica, or sim.) horse-mint. d (~Romana, Saracenica, or sim.) costmary (Chrysanthemum balsamita). e (var.). ~a minte GlC Interp. nom. 222; 10‥ mento, minte WW; herba ~a, þæ t is minte Leechdoms I 46; sic et multi etiam homines noverunt quia ex corio taurino nascuntur apes, ex asinino vaspe, ex atriplicibus bufones, ex stercore muscarum ~a; creatio tamen rei cujuscunque Deo inest Neckam SS I 2. 12; c1300 item contra fluxum sanguinis per menstrua: ‥ ~a Pop. Med. 238; contra frigidum stomachum ‥ recipe ‥ ~am Ib. 258; hec minta, mynt WW.  b ideo, dico, decimabant scribe et pharisei ~am, rutam, et ciminum Gascoigne Loci 79.  c balsamita, i. ~a aquatica, horsminte SB 12; ~a aquatica, A. horsment SB 30; ~a silvatica, mentastrum, sisinbrium [idem], A. horsmynte Alph. 115; horseminte, ‥ hoc est mentastrum seu mentham caballinam Caius Anim. f. 25v.  d succus ~e Romane, i. costi Gilb. V 229. 2; ~e Sarracenice et alterius mente Ib. VII 316v. 2; ~a Romana, herba sancte Marie SB 29; ~a Romana vel Saracena, longiora et albiora habet folia et [eciam] acuciora et laciora et aliquantulum pilosa Alph. 116.  e succus ‥ alterius ~e sc. ortolane potatus multum confert Gilb. V 229. 2; c1300 recipe ‥ ~am rubeam Pop. Med. 240; ~a domestica vel ortolana idem, A. et G. ‥ mynte Alph. 115.

2 menta v. mentum

menta (16) (mentha), æ, f. (μίνθη), menthe [herbe] : Cato Agr. 119 ; Varro L. 5, 103 ; Ov. M. 10, 729 ; Plin. 19, 159 ; Mart. 10, 48, 10.

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menta (mentha) ae, f

• , μένθα, mint, O.