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chelidonius

chelidonius · adj

pertaining to the swallow

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What it meant

chĕlīdŏnĭus — Lewis & Short

chĕlīdŏnĭus, a, um, adj., = xelido/nios,

I pertaining to the swallow: lapilli, found in the crop of young swallows, swallow-stone, Plin. 11, 37, 79, § 203: ficus, a particular reddish species of fig, Col. 10, 415; Plin. 15, 18, 19, § 71: gemma, Plin. 37, 10, 56, § 154.—

B Subst.: chĕlīdŏnĭa, ae, f. (sc. herba): Chelidonium majus, Linn.; swallowwort, celandine, Plin. 25, 8, 50, §§ 89 and 90; also herba chelidoniae in Ser. Samm. 37, 699.

Where it came from

Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. chelidonius (scan p. 142; entry #2102).

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