The corpus record — Latin

lentiscus

lentiscus · f

the mastic - tree

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Where it lives

De agri cultura 2 · 1.28/10k
Res Rustica, Books I-IX 10 · 1.27/10k
De Medicina 8 · 0.78/10k
Naturalis Historia 29 · 0.73/10k
De Re Coquinaria 1 · 0.64/10k
Epigrammata 3 · 0.53/10k
De Divinatione 1 · 0.36/10k

What it meant

lentiscus — Lewis & Short

lentiscus, i, f., lentiscum, i, n.,

I the mastic - tree, Pistacia lentiscus, Linn.

I Lit.: viridis semperque gravata Lentiscus, Cic. poët. Div. 1, 9, 15.—

II Transf.

A Mastic-oil, Cato, R. R. 7, 4; Varr. R. R. 1, 60; Plin. 15, 6, 6, § 21.—

B A toothpick of mastic-wood, Mart. 14, 22, 1; 3, 82, 9; 6, 74, 3.

In the wild

lentisco Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 16.11.p3
lentisco Celsus, De Medicina 5.18.p24
lentiscus Columella, Res Rustica, Books I-IX 9.4.3
lentisci Columella, Res Rustica, Books I-IX 6.7.3
Lentiscus Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 18.25.p8
lentisco Celsus, De Medicina 5.18.p22

6 of 54 attestations shown.

Where it came from

Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. lentiscus (scan p. 376; entry #5942).

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