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taranta

taranta [cf. OF Tarente, Italian Taranto < CL Tarentum], tarantula. de tarrentis qui pungendo veneno suo populum affligebant Itin. Ric. IV 12; imminebant quidam vermiculi, vulgo dicti tarentes solo repentes atrocissimis ferventes puncturis Ib.; contra puncturam ~e speciale est ut ponantur ij vel iij in oleo et computrescant. hoc oleum omnes puncturas earum curat Gilb. VII 357v. 1.

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