A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin

vulnerarius,-a,-um (adj.A): of or belonging to wounds;

- emplastrum vulnerarium, a plaster for wounds.

- chirurgus,-i (s.m.II), abl.sg. chirurgo: surgeon, chirurgeon, “pure Latin medicus [i.e. doctor] vulnerarius” (Lewis & Short); see chirurgus,-i (s.m.I).

Anthyllis Vulneraria L. 'an old generic name, from the ancient use of plant as a vulnerary or astringent' (Fernald 1950).

NOTE: vulnerary (Engl. adj.) > L. vulnus, ‘wound’; “promoting the healing of wounds; curative” (WIII); as a noun, “a vulnerary remedy” (WIII); probably for its styptic qualities: styptic > Gk. styptos, contracted, astringent: “tending to contract or bind; tending to check bleeding” (WIII). Vulneratio,-onis (s.f.III), abl. sg. vulneratione: an injuring, injury.

vulneratus,-a,-um (part.A): wounded, injured, damaged [> L. vulnero, 1. to wound, injure, harm]; see injured, wounded.