The corpus record — Latin

silphium

silphium · n

a plant

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Where it lives

Naturalis Historia 9 · 0.23/10k
Res Rustica, Books I-IX 1 · 0.13/10k

What it meant

silphĭum — Lewis & Short

silphĭum, ii, n., = si/lfion,

I a plant, called in pure Latin laserpitium, Cato, R. R. 157, 7; Plin. 19, 3, 15, § 38; 22, 23, 48, § 100 (Col. 6, 17, 7; 12, 7, 4, written as Greek).

Where it came from

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