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malobathron

malobathron · n

an Indian

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Where it lives

Carmina 2 · 0.89/10k
Carmina 1 · 0.75/10k
Naturalis Historia 6 · 0.15/10k

What it meant

mālŏbăthron — Lewis & Short

mālŏbăthron (mālŏbăthrum), i, n., = malo/baqron.

I Lit., an Indian or Syrian plant, from which a costly oint ment was prepared, perh. betel or base cin namon, Plin. 12, 26, 59, § 129; Sid. Carm. 2, 415.—

II Transf., the oil procured from this plant, malobathrum: coronatus nitentes Malobathro Syrio capillos, Hor. C. 2, 7, 7; also used in medicine, Cels. 5, 23; Plin. 23, 4, 48, § 93.

In the wild

malobathri Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 14.16.p6
malobathrum Sidonius Apollinaris, Carmina 2.415
Malobathri Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 23.4.p10
malobathrum Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 13.1.p2
malobathrum Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 12.26
malobathro Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 1.23.p45

6 of 9 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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