aloe

ălŏē, ēs, f. (n. in Veg. Art. Vet. 1, 14, 5; 1, 45, 5), = ἀλόη,

the aloe, Plin. 27, 4, 5, 14; used as a medicine, Cels. 1, 3; 2, 12; as a perfume, Vulg. Prov. 7, 17; ib Cant. 4, 14; in embalming, ib. Joan. 19, 39.—On account of its bitterness, trop.: plus aloës quam mellis habet, * Juv. 6, 180.

aloē, ēs, f. (ἀλόη), die Aloe, Cels. u. Plin.: Indica, Scribon.: Gallica, Ps. Apul. herb. – im Bilde, wegen ihrer Bitterkeit, plus aloes quam mellis habet, Iuven. 6, 181. – ➳ Spät. Nbf. aloa, ae, f., Isid. 17, 8, 9.

aloë, ~es [ἀλόη] , aloe. b dist. as caballinus, Cicotrinus (of Socotra), †citrinus (? var. of Cicotrinus) and hepaticus. c (w. lignum), lignaloes (Aquilaria). d (w. Gallica) gentian. e (?) wormwood (cf. aloigna). f (fig.) bitterness. aloëque saporis amari Neckam DS IV 838; ysopus humilis, ‥ / aloës alta J. Howd. Cant. 643; si os fractum habuerit avis tua ‥, aloe calidum superliga Upton 190. b aloe dicitur cujusdam herbe succus, que herba aloem appellatur; ‥ tria sunt genera, sc. citrinus, epaticus et caballinus ‥ et discernuntur ex colore Bart. Angl. XVII 6; recipe ‥ aloes epatici vel cicotrini Gilb. II 99 v. 2; Latini medici ‥ non habent ‥ aloen epaticum nec citrinum ‥ nec lignum aloes purum Bacon IX 153; aloe caballinum valet pro oculis equorum et bovum; set aloe succatrinum valet pro oculis hominum Gad. 109. 2 (cf. ib. 108 v. 1: de aloe succotrino); 1307 istud unguentum fuit iterum factum pro domino rege cum balsamo et aloen cicotrino [EHR LXVII 174: †cicotervo] (KR Ac) Arch. J. XIV 279; aloen, azabare idem; ex succo cujusdam herbe fit, que similiter appellatur, et tria sunt genera, videlicet cycotrinum [v. l. cytrinum], epaticum et caballinum Alph. 6; aloe quando simpliciter epaticum intelligitur, licet apotecarii pro citrino intelligant SB 9; 1414 aloes citrini j unc’ precii ij d. EschF 1066/1. c aloa arbor est aromatica que in India generatur, ‥ cujus particula vice thimiamatis altaribus adoletur Bart. Angl. XVII 5; aloes lignum, cujus sunt tria genera, viz. cume, cameatis et same, reperitur in magno flumine Babilonie Alph. 7; xilo interpretatur ‘lignum’, inde xilo aloes, i. ligni aloes SB 43; 1414 lignum aloes j li. precii xxd. EschF 1066/1. d allagallica i. genciana SB 9; allogallica, genciana idem, G. et A. genciane Alph. 4. e aloen, i. wermode SB 10. f plus aloes intus quam mellis habens Gir. TH III 52.

ălŏē, (16) ēs, f. (ἀλόη), aloès [plante] : Cels. Med. 1, 3 ; Plin. 27, 14 ; Vulg. Prov. 7, 17 || [fig.] amertume : Juv. 6, 181.

aloe , es. f.
象胆。苦蘆薈。— lignum 沉香。茄南香。Plus aloes quam mellis habet 苦多甜少。

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. Gall. gentiane. Dief.

ălŏē, ēs, f.: aloe (pianta amara); ● succo di aloe ⧟ André (2010 - 11) ἀλόη; POWO 530017-1.

aloē ēs, f

, ἀλόη, the aloe.—Fig., bitterness: plus aloes quam mellix, Iu.

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