tithymallus

tithymallus, ī, c. u. tithymalon, ī, n. (τιθύμαλλος, τιθύμαλον), die Wolfsmilch, eine Pflanze mit einem milchartigen Safte (Euphorbia, L.), deren Arten bei Plin. 26, 62 sqq. u. Ps. Apul. herb. 108; vgl. Ser. Samm. 841 u. 1106.

tithymallus [CL], kind of plant with purgative sap, spurge (Euphorbia); b (in gl.); c (understood as houseleek; cf. temolus). ignea humiditas exuberat in titimallo ‥ sed etiam ‥ inest aerea humiditas Quaest. Salern. B 150; purgatur ‥ cum pulvere laureole in crispulis aut lacte titimalli Gilb. I 35. 2; de medicinis laxativis ‥: recipe ‥ corticis sambuci radicis vel foliorum titimali vel spargule ‥ ana Gad. 6v. 2; ut nunquam doleant [dentes] accipe radicem titimali i. esule Ib. 119v. 1; titimallis [vv. ll. titimalli, titimallus hujus] vij sunt species, tribus utimur tantum, sc. anabulla, esula, et cathapucia Alph. 185.  b †titumalosca [l. titumalos] calatides, i. e. lacteridas, lib-corn Gl. Durh. 305 (cf. Leechdoms I 44: herba tytymallus calatites, þat ys lacterida); 10‥ †tytymalosca [l. tytymalos], libcorn WW; ffaytowris gresse, or tytymal, ditumallus PP 152; totomalus, A. ffeterwort WW; hic tintimalius, A. spowrge Ib..  c temolus vel titemallos, singrene Gl. Durh. 305; 10‥ titemallos, singrene WW.