A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin

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A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin

Vermis, gen. sg. vermis (s.m.III), abl. sg. verme, gen. pl. vermium (i-stem): an earth-worm; see worm;

- [fungus] totus fungus mollis, carnosus, levis, biuncialis: num cavus? haud dixerimus; a vermibus enim intus erosus erat (S&A), the whole fungus was soft, fleshy, thin [i.e. lacking substance], two inches: should it be hollow? We would have said no; for it had been eaten away inside by worms.

- nitidus & purus est Muscus, a terra & aliis sordibus liber, tener item & mollis, quam ob causam piscatores Lancastrienses eo utuntur ad purgandos vermes (Dill.), a moss glossy and pure [i.e. unmixed perhaps with other organisms], free from earth and other dirt, likewise delicate and soft, that’s why [i.e. for which reason] the fishermen of Lancaster use it for expelling worms.

A work in progress, presently with preliminary A through R, and S, and with S (in part) through Z essentially completed.
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