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{{LaEn
|lnetxt=blitum bliti N N :: kind of spinach, blite (Amaranthus blitum) (tasteless, used for salad L+S)
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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>blĭtum</b>: i, n. (blĭtus, i, m., Pall. Mart. 9, 17: blitus seritur is written prob. from the [[corrupted]] or misunderstood blitūseritur, or perh. the [[obscure]] blitus eritur of the MSS.), = [[βλίτον]],<br /><b>I</b> a [[vegetable]], in itself [[tasteless]], [[but]] used as a salad, orache, or spinach: Spinacia oleracea, Linn.; Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 26; Varr. ap. Non. p. 550, 15; Plin. 20, 22, 93, § 252; Pall. Mart. 4, 9 fin.; Paul. ex Fest. p. 348 Müll.; Isid. Orig. 17, 10, 15.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>blĭtum</b>, ī, n., -[[tus]], ī, m. ([[βλίτον]]), blette [plante] : Plin. 20, 252 ; Pall. 4, 9, 17 ; cf. P. Fest. 34.
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{{Georges
|georg=blitum, ī, n. ([[βλίτον]]), [[ein]] Küchengewächs, an [[sich]] [[geschmacklos]], [[durch]] [[Essig]], [[Pfeffer]] usw. [[schmackhaft]] gemacht (vgl. Paul. ex [[Fest]]. 34, 8. Isid. 17, 10, 15), [[Meier]], Meieramarant, Blutkraut, Stuhr (franz. blette, span. bledo), Plaut. Pseud. 815. Plin. 20, 252. Pallad. 4, 9, 17 (wo Nbf. [[blitus]]). Oribas. 1, 15 (wo Nbf. bletus): [[Empedocles]] natos homines ex [[terra]] ait ut [[blitum]], Varr. [[sat]]. Men. 163. – Dav. [[bliteus]], a, um, [[abgeschmackt]], [[albern]], [[unnütz]], [[meretrix]], Plaut, truc. 854: [[belua]], Laber. com. 92.
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