vettonica

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vettonicae Noun: feminine genitive singular, Noun: feminine vocative plural, Noun: feminine dative singular, Noun: feminine nominative plural of vettonica

See vettonicae in Morpho

vettŏnĭca (beto-), ae, f.,

a plant, the betony, Plin. 25, 8, 46, § 84.

vettonica [CL], betonica [LL; cf. et. AS betonice, ME betonica] 1 (also herba ~a) betony, bishop's wort (Stachys betonica). 10‥ betonica seo læsse bisceopwyrt WW; herba ~a a jejuno bibita aut etiam comesta, aciem oculorum reddit meliorem Neckam NR II 61; bethonice virtus auris capitisque dolori, / fracture capitis, ydropicis dat opem (Id.) CC cont. med. CCXXI 30; dyaborraginum optimum in causis ‥ melancholie exhibeatur ‥ de radice enule, lupatorio ‥ majorana, bethonica, et athanasia Gilb. II 100. 2; betonica, vel betonia aut vetonica, cestros vel cestrum idem, G. betoine, A. betonike Alph. 21; si tamen sit dolor in causa frigida ‥ tunc betonica, lavendula, et camomilla Gad. 6. 1; aqua rosacea vel betonica Netter DAF I 465b C; betonia, betony WW; betana, A. betany WW. 2 (applied to other plants): a (~a aquatica) water betony, water figwort (Scrophularia auriculata). b (~a altilis, ~a coronaria) gillyflower, clove-pink (Dianthus caryophyllus). c (~a altilis minor) garden pink (Dianthus plumarius) or ragged robin (Lychnis flos-cuculi). d (~a Pauli) Paul's betony, speedwell (Veronica officinalis). e (~a major). a saponaria, que est betonica aquatica ‥ aufert verucas Gad. 29. 2. b betonica altilis sive coronaria, que a quibusdam vocatur cariophilatum, est herba quam vernacula lingua vocamus a gelofer aut a clowgelofer aut an incarnacyon Turner Herb. (1965) 45. c the jagged Pinkes, vetonica altilis minor ‥ Dodon (J. Baret Aluearie) OED s. v. jarred 3b. d betonica Pauli aeginete ‥ may be called in englishe Paules betony or wodde Peny ryal Turner Herb Names (1965) 92; wodpenie, betonica Pauli Levins Manip. 102. e ~a major, i. selfhele SB 13. 3 (understood as) kind of aromatic plant, alexanders (cf. smyrnium), or f. l. smircus, vel smirinis, †benotica [? l. beronica], veronica Alph. 173 (cf. ib. 22: beronica, respice in smirtus); smirtus est †betonica [sic MS; ? l. beronica] SB 40. 4 kind of plant, or f. l. vetonicon folia habet similia edere sex vel amplius, sed paulo majora, †sponsa [l. spansa] super terram, et desuper alba angulosa et viridia, cum virgis duarum palmarum. flos est illi viridis et in vere maxime nascitur. hasta ejus viridis est ut vix videri possit. nascitur locis aquosis. folia ejus, melle addito, ignem sacrum extingunt et tumoribus omnibus medentur Alph. 189.

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