The corpus record — Latin

pastinaca

pastinaca · f

A parsnip

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Where it lives

De Re Coquinaria 2 · 1.28/10k
Naturalis Historia 33 · 0.83/10k
De Medicina 7 · 0.68/10k
Res Rustica, Books I-IX 3 · 0.38/10k

What it meant

pastĭnāca — Lewis & Short

pastĭnāca, ae, f.pastino.

I A parsnip, a term including also our carrot, Plin. 19, 5, 27, § 89; 25, 9, 64, § 112; Isid. Orig. 17, 10.—

II A fish of prey, the sting-ray, Plin. 9, 42, 67, § 144; 9, 48, 72, § 155; Cels. 6, 9.

In the wild

pastinaca Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 1.9.p72
pastinacam Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 32.5.p1
pastinacae Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 32.8.p2
pastinacae Columella, Res Rustica, Books I-IX 6.33.1
pastinacae Apicius, De Re Coquinaria 3.113
pastinaca Celsus, De Medicina 2.24

6 of 45 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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