1. sălĭunca — Lewis & Short
sălĭunca, ae, f.,
I an odoriferous plant, the wild or Celtic nard: Valeriana Celtica, Linn.; Plin. 21, 7, 20, § 43; Verg. E. 5, 17; Scrib. Comp. 195; 258; Vulg. Isa. 55, 13.
The corpus record — Latin
saliunca
saliunca · f
an odoriferous plant
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Where it lives
- Eclogues 1 · 2.2/10k
- Naturalis Historia 4 · 0.1/10k
What it meant
2. saliunca — Walde–Hofmann
saliunca, -ae f. „keltische Narde* (seit Verg.,.-uia seit Inschr, und Itala, nicht rom.): nicht kelt. (Holder 11 1509), sondern ligur. Wort; s. Kretschmer KZ. 38,119, Vetter RE. 13, 526, Bertoldi AR. 10, 1 ££, RLR. 4, 244. Vgl. auch Guilland RÉAnc. 11, 246 ff. 12, 183 ff. 287 f£, Cuny ibid. 389 f \ Nicht illyr. wegen Nbf. äAlotyyıo, dAtoudexa (Whatmough Harv. Stud. 42,145 und PID, II 160). Nicht zu salix (Fick II* … — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. saliunca, p. 1375]
In the wild
- saliunca Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 1.21.p26
- Saliunca Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 21.7.p4
- saliuncam Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 21.7.p3
- saliunca Vergil, Eclogues 5
- saliuncae Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 21.20.p4
Where it came from
- Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. saliunca (scan p. 1375; entry #2393).
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