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helvella

helvella · f

a small potherb

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Where it lives

Epistulae ad Familiares 1 · 0.09/10k

What it meant

helvella — Lewis & Short

helvella (helvēla, Paul. ex ae, f.dim.† helus, i. q. olus,

Fest. p. 103 Müll.),

I a small potherb: fungos, helvellas, herbas omnes ita condiunt, ut nihil possit esse suavius, Cic. Fam. 7, 26, 2; cf.: helvela olera minuta, Paul. ex Fest. p. 103: helvola laxana/ria, Gloss. Philox.

In the wild

helvellas Cicero, Epistulae ad Familiares 7.26.2

Where it came from

Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. heluella (scan p. 315; entry #4959).

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