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{{LaEn
|lnetxt=costum costi N N :: aromatic plant/its powdered root; (Saussurea lappa)
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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>costum</b>: i, n. ([[access]]. form, [[like]] the Greek, costŏs, i, f., Luc. 9, 917), = [[κόστος]],<br /><b>I</b> an Oriental [[aromatic]] [[plant]]: Costus Arabicus, Linn.; Plin. 12, 12, 25, § 41; Ov. M. 10, 308; Hor. C. 3, 1, 44 al.; freq. used in the [[preparation]] of [[costly]] unguents, Plin. 13, 1, 2, § 15 sq.; 13, 1, 2, § 18; in offerings, Prop. 4 (5), 6, 5; for the [[preservation]] of fruits, Col. 12, 20, 5 al.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>costum</b>,¹⁴ ī, n., Prop. 4, 6, 5 et <b>costus</b> ou <b>costŏs</b>, ī, f., Luc. 9, 917 ([[κόστος]]), costus [plante aromatique].
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{{Georges
|georg=costum, ī, n. u. ([[selten]]) costus (griech. [[κόστος]], indogerm. kúṣţhạ), ī, m. [[ein]] indischer [[Strauch]], aus [[dessen]] [[Wurzel]] [[man]] eine kostbare [[Salbe]] verfertigte, Kostwurz (Costus arabicus, L.), Plin. 12, 41. Cels. 3, 21. Hor. carm. 3, 1, 44. Prop. 4, 6, 5: [[Form]] costos, Lucan. 9, 917.
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