1. samŏlus — Lewis & Short
samŏlus, i, m.Celtic,
I a plant, supposed to be the Anemone pulsatilla (Linn.), but, acc. to Sprengel, the Samolus valerandi, Linn.; or brook-weed, Plin. 24, 11, 63, § 104.
The corpus record — Latin
samolus
samolus · m
a plant
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Where it lives
- Naturalis Historia 1 · 0.03/10k
What it meant
2. samolus — Walde–Hofmann
samolus, -; f. „eine auf feuchten Plätzen wachsende Pflanze“ (Küchenschelle?): nach Plin. nat. 24, 104 gallisch (Holder II 1346, Bertoldi Sill. Ascoli 487, Don. nat. Schrijnen 302ff.; gall. Abltg. von - *samos „Sommer“ wie samauca?); nicht hebr. mit Forcellini s. v. Vgl. samauca. — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. samolus, p. 1380]
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Where it came from
- Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. samolus (scan p. 616; entry #10130).
- Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. samolus (scan p. 1380; entry #2405).
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