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                    "dictionary": "Bailly",
                    "reference": "Bailly 2020 Hugo Chávez Gérard Gréco, André Charbonnet, Mark De Wilde, Bernard Maréchal & contributeurs \/ Licence Creative Commons Attribution - Pas d'Utilisation Commerciale - Pas de Modification — « CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 »",
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                    "description": "<b>ου (τὸ)<\/b> silphium, <i>plante ombellifère de la Cyrénaïque, dont le suc était employé comme condiment et comme remède,<\/i> HDT. <i>4, 169, 192 ;<\/i> HPC. <i>Acut. 387, etc. ;<\/i> SOPH. <i>fr. 945 Dind. ;<\/i> AR. <i>Av. 534, 1579, etc. ;<\/i> TH. <i>H.P. 6, 3, etc<\/i>.<p style='color:darkblue'><b>Étym<\/b>. <i>cf. lat<\/i>. laserpitium.<\/p>"
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                    "description": "τό, <b>laserwort, Ferula tingitana<\/b>, the juice of which was used in food and medicine, Sol. 39; ὀπὸς σιλφίον Hp. <i>Acut.<\/i> 23; σ. ἢ ὀπὸς ἢ καυλός <i>ib.<\/i> 37, Gal. 12.123, cf. S. <i>Fr.<\/i> 603, Antiph. 88, Alex. 127.5, Thphr. <i>HP<\/i> 6.3.1, Nic. <i>Al.<\/i> 309, Dsc. 3.80, Poll. 6.67; freq. in Ar. as an eatable, esp. mashed with cheese, <i>Av.<\/i> 534, 1579; having a strong flavour, <i>Eq.<\/i> 895sq. ; largely grown in and exported from Cyrene, hence <b><i>prov.<\/i>, τὸ Βάττου σ.<\/b>, of rare and precious commodities, Id. <i>Pl.<\/i> 925, Arist. <i>Fr.<\/i> 528; γαλαῖ ἐν τῷ σ. γινόμεναι in the <b>silphium-<\/b>region, Hdt. 4.192, cf. 169; of other plants, σ. κατὰ Μηδίαν, <b>Ferula Assafoetida<\/b>, Dsc. <i>l.c.<\/i> ; σ. κατὰ Συρίαν καὶ Ἀρμενίαν, <b>Prangos ferulacea<\/b>, <i>ibid.<\/i> ; σ. ἐν Καυκάσῳ, <b>Ferula alliacea<\/b>, Aristobul. ap. Arr. <i>An.<\/i> 3.28.6."
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