ὑποκιστίς
From LSJ
λέγεται δὲ καὶ κλῶνας αὐτῆς θύραις ἢ θυρίσι προστεθέντας ἀποκρούειν τὰς τῶν φαρμάκων κακουργίας → its branches attached to doors or windows are said to repel the evil of spells
English (LSJ)
ίδος, ἡ,
A hypocist, Cytinus Hypocisthis, Dsc.1.97 (v.l. -κισθίς), cf. Plin.HN26.49, Sor.1.50, Gal.8.114, 12.27.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ὑποκιστίς: -ίδος, ἡ, παρασιτικόν τι φυτὸν φυόμενον ἐπὶ τῶν ῥιζῶν τοῦ κίστου, Cytinus hypocistis, ου ὁ ὀπὸς ἦν ἐν χρήσει ἐν τῇ ἰατρικῇ, Διοσκ. 1. 127, Γαλην˙ περὶ τοῦ τύπου ἴδε Λοβεκ. Παθολ. 459.
