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trypheros

trypheros [τρυφερός] 1 delicate, soft-fleshed. triferon interpretatur juvenile sive delicatum Alph. 187. 2 (med., as sb. f. or n.) sort of mild purgative. [fumositas] purgetur cum ‥ trifera s[arracenica] Quaest. Salern. L 1; adde quod ictericis confert trifee sociatum [sc. ebur], / si tamen unda tepens associetur eis Neckam DS IX 487; composite materie ad hanc intentionem sunt trifera Sarracenica ‥ Gilb. I 17v. 1; bulliant in aqua in qua resolvatur ʒ una trifete sarraceni Ib. I 48. 2; trifera ferruginata Ib. V 231v. 2; trifera saracenica cum scoria ferri lota stringit sanguinem earum [sc. emorroydarum] Gad. 59v. 2; 1414 trifa sarazenica iij quartron', prec' xij d. EschF 1066/1; trifa sarazonica Invent. Med. 23; triferon ‥ inde trifera sara[ceni]ca et collyrium triferon ut in Alexandro; medicina est, [valet contra] calefactionem epatis Alph. 187.

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