smilax
smilax, bindweed, withwind. Persou., a girl who was transformed to smilax
smīlax, ăcis, f., = σμῖλαξ.
- Bindweed, withwind, rough smilax: Smilax aspera, Linn.; Plin. 16, 35, 63, § 153; 24, 10, 49, § 82.—Hence Smilax personified, a maiden who was changed into this herb, Ov. M. 4, 283.—
- II The yew-tree, Plin. 16, 10, 20, § 51. —
- III A kind of oak, Plin. 16, 6, 8, § 19.
smīlax, s. mīlax.
simila aspera habet folia periclimino similia
similaceles folia habet similia edere
~ax aspera ‥maye be called in Englishe Prychewynde or Sharpbynde
~ax hortensisis called ‥ in Englishkydney bean
1 smīlax, ăcis (σμῖλαξ), f. , ¶ 1 if : Plin. 16, 51 ¶ 2 sorte dʼyeuse : Plin. 16, 19, v. ilex ¶ 3 liseron : Plin. 24, 82.
smīlax acis, f
- , σμῖλαξ, bindweed, withwind. —Persou., a girl who was transformed to smilax, O.