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prognostica

prognostica, harbingers, weather-signs (a work of Aratus translated by Cicero)

prognostica [προγνωστική = name of an antidote, cf. CL n. pl. prognostica cf. et. CL proris=prow+LL gnosticus < γνωστικός, prora 2, nasalis 2, nascale] , (med.) injection via the nostrils to induce sleep. proris nostica [v. l. proronostica], i. injectio que fit in naribus ad provocandum sompnum Alph. 149.

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