hibiscum

Latin > English

hibiscum hibisci N N :: marsh mallow; (Althea officinalis); (shrubby herb, grows near salt marshes)

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

hĭbiscum: (also ĕbiscum, Scrib. 80; 82; and hĭbiscus, i, f., Serv. Verg. E. 2, 30), i, n., = ὶβίσκος,
I the marsh-mallow, Althaea officinalis, Linn.; Plin. 20, 4, 14, § 29; 19, 5, 27, § 89; Verg. E. 10, 71: haedorumque gregem viridi compellere hibisco, i. e. with a marsh-mallow twig, id. ib. 2, 30.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

hibiscum,¹⁵ ī, n. (ἱβίσκος), guimauve : Plin. 20, 29 ; Virg. B. 10, 71. hibiscus, ī, f., d’après Serv. B. 2, 30.

Latin > German (Georges)

hibīscum, ī, n. (ἰβίσκος), der Ibisch od. Eibisch (Althaea officinalis, L.), Cels. 4, 31 (24). p. 157, 28 D. Plin. 19, 89 u. 20, 29. Calp. ecl. 4, 32: gregem compellere hibisco (poet.), in den Eibisch treiben, Verg. ecl. 10, 1. – / Nbf. ebīscum, Scrib. 80 u. 82, od. evīscum, Plin. Val. 1, 6: u. hibīscus, ī, f., Serv. Verg. ecl. 2, 30. Ps. Apul. herb. 38. Apul. de orthogr. 23. p. 100 Osann; vgl. Gloss. (wo hibiscus u. hibiscum).