Dacian plant names from Roman sources

For a study of these words see Dimiter Detschew, Die thrakischen Sprachreste (Vienna, 1957) pp. 541-565. Note the review by L. Zgusta in Archív orientalní vol. 26 (1958) pp. 684-685.

adila – Italian arum: Apuleius, Herbarius 14

amolusta – camomile: Apuleius, Herbarius 23

aniarsexe – cock's head: Dioscorides, Materia Medica 3.153

aprus – gladwyn: Dioscorides, Materia Medica 4.22

arpopria – ivy: Apuleius, Herbarius 99

aurumetti – crowsfoot: Apuleius, Herbarius 67; Dioscorides, Materia Medica 2.175

blis – blite: Dioscorides, Materia Medica 2.117

budathla – bugloss: Apuleius, Herbarius 41; Dioscorides, Materia Medica 4.127

calox cardiatos – teazel: Apuleius, Herbarius 25

dakina – scarlet anemone: Dioscorides, Materia Medica 4.16

dicottela – white bryony: Apuleius, Herbarius 8

diellena – henbane: Apuleius, Herbarius 4; Dioscorides, Materia Medica 4.67

diesema – mullein: Apuleius, Herbarius 72; Dioscorides, Materia Medica 4.103

dracontos – rosemary: Apuleius, Herbarius 80

duodela – marjoram: Apuleius, Herbarius 89; Dioscorides, Materia Medica 3.138

dyn – nettle: Dioscorides, Materia Medica 4.93

ebustrone – greater celandine: Apuleius, Herbarius 74

gouoleta – gromwell: Dioscorides, Materia Medica 3.142

hormea – clary: Dioscorides, Materia Medica 3.129

karopithla – polypody (Polypodium vulgare): Dioscorides, Materia Medica 4.131

kerker – scarlet pimpernel: Dioscorides, Materia Medica 2.178

khodela – ground-pine: Apuleius, Herbarius 26; Dioscorides, Materia Medica 3.158

kinouboila – white bryony: Dioscorides, Materia Medica 4.182

koadama – pondweed: Dioscorides, Materia Medica 4.100

koikolida – sleepy nightshade: Apuleius, Herbarius 22; Dioscorides, Materia Medica 4.72

kotiata – dog's tooth grass: Dioscorides, Materia Medica 4.30

kourionnekoum – Italian arum: Dioscorides, Materia Medica 2.167

kroustane – greater celandine: Dioscorides, Materia Medica 2.180

lax – wild purslane: Apuleius, Herbarius 104; Dioscorides, Materia Medica 2.124

mantia – blackberry: Apuleius, Herbarius 88; Dioscorides, Materia Medica 4.37

mizela – thyme: Dioscorides, Materia Medica 3.36

nemenepsa – ground-pine: Apuleius, Herbarius 26

olma – danewort: Apuleius, Herbarius 92; Dioscorides, Materia Medica 4.172

parithia – dog's tooth grass: Apuleius, Herbarius 78

phithophthethela – maidenhair fern: Dioscorides, Materia Medica 4.134

polpum – dill: Dioscorides, Materia Medica 3.58

priadila – black bryony: Dioscorides, Materia Medica 4.183

prodiarna – black hellebore: Dioscorides, Materia Medica 4.162

propodila – cinquefoil: Apuleius, Herbarius 2; Dioscorides, Materia Medica 4.42

rathibida – blue daisy: Dioscorides, Materia Medica 4.119

riborasta – burdock: Apuleius, Herbarius 36

salia – stinking tutsan: Dioscorides, Materia Medica 4.49

seba – elderberry: Dioscorides, Materia Medica 4.173

sikupnux – eringo: Dioscorides, Materia Medica 3.21

sipoax – great plantain: Apuleius, Herbarius 1

skiare – teazel: Dioscorides, Materia Medica 3.11

stirsozila – centaury: Apuleius, Herbarius 35

teudila – calamint: Apuleius, Herbarius 91; Dioscorides, Materia Medica 3.35

toulbela – centaury: Dioscorides, Materia Medica 3.7

troutrastra – colocynth: Dioscorides, Materia Medica 4.167

usazila – hound's tongue: Apuleius, Herbarius 97

zena – hemlock: Dioscorides, Materia Medica 4.78

zired – twiggy mugwort or field southernwood (Artemisia campestris): Apuleius, Herbarius 10

zououster – twiggy mugwort or field southernwood (Artemisia campestris): Dioscorides, Materia Medica 4.113

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