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|lshtext=<b>verbēna</b>: ae, f. (v. [[Don]]. ad Ter. And. 4, 3, 11); [[usually]] in | |lshtext=<b>verbēna</b>: ae, f. (v. [[Don]]. ad Ter. And. 4, 3, 11); [[usually]] in plur.: verbēnae, ārum, f.,<br /><b>I</b> [[foliage]], herbage, the leaves, twigs, and branches of [[laurel]], [[olive]], or [[myrtle]], [[cypress]], tamarisk, [[sacred]] boughs, etc.: verbenas vocamus omnes frondes sacratas, ut est [[laurus]], [[oliva]] vel [[myrtus]], Serv. ad Verg. A. 12, 120; cf. id. ad Verg. E. 8, 65, [[where]] is given the [[derivation]], a viriditate; [[such]] boughs were borne by the [[fetiales]], Liv. 1, 24, 6; 30, 43, 3; Plin. 22, 2, 3, § 5: verbenā tempora vincti, Serv. ad Verg. A. 12, 120; by priests suing for [[protection]], Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 50, § 110; and were used in sacrifices and [[other]] [[religious]] acts, Plaut. Truc. 2, 5, 33; Ter. And. 4, 3, 11; Hor. C. 1, 19, 14; 4, 11, 7; Ov. M. 7, 242; Verg. E. 8, 65; Plin. 15, 29, 36, § 119; Suet. Vesp. 7.—<br /><b>II</b> A [[class]] of plants used in [[medicine]] as cooling remedies, including the [[olive]], [[myrtle]], [[ivy]], etc., Cels. 2, 22 fin.; 8, 10, 7. | ||
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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
verbēna: ae, f. (v. Don. ad Ter. And. 4, 3, 11); usually in plur.: verbēnae, ārum, f.,
I foliage, herbage, the leaves, twigs, and branches of laurel, olive, or myrtle, cypress, tamarisk, sacred boughs, etc.: verbenas vocamus omnes frondes sacratas, ut est laurus, oliva vel myrtus, Serv. ad Verg. A. 12, 120; cf. id. ad Verg. E. 8, 65, where is given the derivation, a viriditate; such boughs were borne by the fetiales, Liv. 1, 24, 6; 30, 43, 3; Plin. 22, 2, 3, § 5: verbenā tempora vincti, Serv. ad Verg. A. 12, 120; by priests suing for protection, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 50, § 110; and were used in sacrifices and other religious acts, Plaut. Truc. 2, 5, 33; Ter. And. 4, 3, 11; Hor. C. 1, 19, 14; 4, 11, 7; Ov. M. 7, 242; Verg. E. 8, 65; Plin. 15, 29, 36, § 119; Suet. Vesp. 7.—
II A class of plants used in medicine as cooling remedies, including the olive, myrtle, ivy, etc., Cels. 2, 22 fin.; 8, 10, 7.
