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Headword:
Μανδραγόρας
Adler number: mu,136
Translated headword: mandrake, belladonna
Vetting Status: low
Translation: A soporific fruit.[1]
Or one which causes amnesia.[2]
"And [he] will clearly have drunk a lot of mandrake."[3]
Greek Original:Μανδραγόρας: ὑπνωτικὸς καρπός. ἢ λήθης ποιητικός. καὶ φανεῖται πολὺν τὸν μανδραγόραν ἐκπεπωκώς.
Notes:
[1]
Mandragora officinalis, mandragora autumnalis, or
Atropa belladonna (see web address 1). Cf. scholion on
Plato,
Republic 488C; also
Photius and
Hesychius. See also
mu 137.
[2] Also in other lexica.
[3] Julian,
Epistle 81.11-12.
Web address 1
Keywords: botany; definition; medicine; philosophy
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 9 August 2006@00:59:52.
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