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megalium

megalium · n

a kind of ointment

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Where it lives

Silvae 1 · 0.4/10k
Naturalis Historia 1 · 0.03/10k

What it meant

mĕgălīum — Lewis & Short

mĕgălīum (mĕgallīum), ii, n., = mega/leion,

I a kind of ointment: postea multo successit propter gloriam appellatum megalium, ex oleo balanino, balsamo, calamo, junco, xylobalsamo, casia, resina, Plin. 13, 1, 2, § 13.

In the wild

Megalia Statius, Silvae 2.2.80
megalium Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 13.1.p2

Where it came from

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