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ptisanarius

ptisanarius [CL as sb. n. only tisanarium =drink made from barley] 1 (of digested food) that has the nature or character of ptisana. humorum quatuor generatio fit in epate a tisanaria succositate transmissa a stomaco usque ad epar Quaest. Salern. B 328; recepto ‥ cibo in loco decoctionis, primo sc. in stomacho, subtilior ejus pars et liquidior, que a physicis phthisinaria [Trevisa: pthisinaria] vocatur, per quasdam venas ad epar trahitur Bart. Angl. IV 6 p. 99; si multa fuerit massa ~ia in stomacho Gilb. I 51. 1. 2 (as sb. n.) sort of vessel (usu. for pounding, steeping, or tanning). in hoc vocabulo ~ium ‥ cum sic scandi debet ‘ptisanari orise’, patet quod hec sillaba ‘sa’ ‥ breviatur Bacon Gram. Gk. 101; barke fatte, ptipsanarium CathA; a morter, mortarium, mortariolum lapista, pila, ptipsanarium Ib.; a stepe fatte [v. l. a stepstane or fatt] ptipsanarium CathA.

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