sardonius

sardonius [CL = Sardinian], ~icus 1 (w. herba) apium risus, celery-leaved crowfoot (Ranunculus sceleratus). b (w. risus) sardonic laughter characterized by bitterness or mockery and resembling grimace caused by eating herba ~a. secundum genus [ranunculi] ab herbariis vocatur apium risus, ab historicis herba ~ia, unde risus sardonius originem traxit. quidam putant vocari nostrati lingua ache Turner Herb. C i. b 1516 habebat in triremi caudatam symeam miro ingenio quae gestibus, cachinnis, clamore ‥ nobis risum ~icum movebat Ep. Erasm. II 450; risus ~ius Turner Herb. C i (v. 1a supra). 2 (w. lapis or ellipt.) sardonyx. sacrarium ‥ ex ~io et pavimentum ex calcidonio (Brendanus 37) VSH II 283; smaragdinibus et ~iis ‥ murus undique ‥ radiabat (Ib. 54) Ib. II 291; sardonix, ~icus lapis Bacon CSPhil. 443.

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