zīzā^nĭa, ōrum, n., = ziza/nia,
I darnel, cockle, tares (eccl. Lat.), Prud. Apoth. 6, 8; Vulg. Matt. 13, 25; 13, 26 sq.; Ambros. in Luc. 8, 49.
The corpus record — Latin
zizania
zizania · n
darnel
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Where it lives
- Apotheosis 1 · 1.35/10k
What it meant — Lewis & Short
In the wild
- zizaniorum Prudentius, Apotheosis 2.56
Where it came from
- Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. zizania (scan p. 783; entry #13070).
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