absinthĭum | absinthĭus, i (noun N.m) = ἀψίνθιον: n. (also , , m., ap. Varr. acc. to Non. 190, 25)
* Wormwood, Plin. 27, 7, 28 sq.; Cato, R. R. 159; Varr. R. R. 1, 57; Col. 12, 35; Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 90: tetrum,Lucr. 1, 936; 2, 400; 4, 11 al.—Trop. for something bitter, but wholesome, Quint. 3, 1, 5.

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