verbena

verbēna, ae, f.: laurel, olive, or myrtle boughs for the altar; sacred boughs. (usually in the plural)

verbēna, ae, f. (v. Don. ad Ter. And. 726); usually in plur.: verbēnae, ārum, f.,

• foliage, herbage, the leaves, twigs, and branches of laurel, olive, or myrtle, cypress, tamarisk, sacred boughs, etc.: verbenas vocamus omnes frondes sacratas, ut est laurus, oliva vel myrtus, Serv. ad Verg. A. 12, 120; cf. id. ad Verg. E. 8, 65, where is given the derivation, a viriditate; such boughs were borne by the fetiales, Liv. 1, 24, 6; 30, 43, 3; Plin. 22, 2, 3, § 5: verbenā tempora vincti, Serv. ad Verg. A. 12, 120; by priests suing for protection, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 50, § 110; and were used in sacrifices and other religious acts, Plaut. Truc. 2, 5, 33 (480); Ter. And. 726; Hor. C. 1, 19, 14; 4, 11, 7; Ov. M. 7, 242; Verg. E. 8, 65; Plin. 15, 29, 36, § 119; Suet. Vesp. 7.—
• II A class of plants used in medicine as cooling remedies, including the olive, myrtle, ivy, etc., Cels. 2, 22 fin.; 8, 10, 7.

verbēna, ae (aus *verbesna zu verber, Schlag = Rute, griech. ῥάβδος, Rute, ahd. rëba, nhd. Rebe), gew. im Plur. verbēnae, ārum, f., die Zweige des Lorbeers, Ölbaums, Myrtenbaums, der Zypresse, Tamariske usw., als heilige Zweige von den Fetialen, wenn sie Bündnisse schlossen od. Genugtuung forderten, auf dem Kopfe getragen (vergl. Serv. Verg. ecl. 8, 65 u. Aen. 12, 120), Verg., Liv. u. Plin.: ebenso von schutzflehenden Priestern, Cic. Verr. 4, 110: und beim Opfern u. anderen religiösen Handlungen zum Bekränzen od. Räuchern gebraucht, Komik., Hor. u.a. – Celsus versteht unter verbenae eine gewisse Klasse von Pflanzen, die eine zusammenziehende, zurücktreibende Wirkung haben, u. rechnet dazu den Ölbaum, die Zypresse, den Myrten- u. Mastixbaum, die Tamariske, den Hartriegel, Rosen, Lorbeeren, Brombeeren, Efeu und Granatäpfel, s. Cels. 2, 33. p. 73, 17 D.; vgl. 8, 10. no. 7. p. 351, 6 D. – ➳ vulg. berbena, berbina, Gloss.

verbena [CL = branch of var. aromatic trees or shrubs] 1 vervain (Verbena officinalis). vervina, lancea Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 627; vervena, i. hierobotamum Gl. Laud. 1509; at verbena febri, cui lux dat tertia nomen, / confert Neckam DS VII 263; c1250 vervena, i.verveine, i. irenharde WW; columbaria, peristereon, ~a idem. G. verveyne, A. fleguurt, bona herba veneris Alph. 43; ysopi, bethonice, lactuce, origani, lupuli, scolopendrie, berbene, calamenti Gad. 13. 1; hec verveta, a verveyn WW; hec vervene, A. vermyne WW; ~a et verbenaca, graece peristereon dicitur. ejus duo sunt genera, ~a recta scilicet, que vulgo dicitur vervyne, et verbena supina, que a vulgo vocatur oculus Christi Turner Herb. (1965) 58. 2 knapweed (Centaurea nigra or sim.). c1400 †nervene [sic MS], knapwort MS BL Arundel 42 f. 96rb. 3 (~a supina) kind of plant, perh. clary sage (Salvia verbenaca). ~a supina Turner Herb. (1965) 58 (v. 1 supra) (cf. id. Herb Names G vij: ~a supina is harde to fynde in Englande ‥. It is lyke bugle, but the leaves are deaplyer endented & grener then bugle leaves be. It may be called in english geagged bugle. It groweth in shadowye places about tree rootes).

verbena , ae. f.
馬鞭草。廟樹枝。

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verbēna ae, f

• a leafy twig, olive-branch, sacred bough (of laurel, olive, myrtle, or cypress, borne by the fetiales): fetialis patrem patratum Fusium fecit verbenā caput tangens, L.: sacerdotes Cereris cum infulis et verbenis (as suppliants): ex arā hinc sume verbenas tibi, T.: Verbenas adole pinguīs, V., H., O.

VERBENA

VERBE´NA[SAGMINA]

Verbēna

Probably the vervain; an herb used by the Roman fetiales (q. v.) in their symbolical ceremonies. Cf. also sagmina.