Alleum │
Garlic
Using the previous
text as a guide, and the vocabulary which has been given in previous posts on
this topic, try to answer the questions about the benefits or otherwise of
garlic. The text together with its translation is attached.
Alleum
Complēctiō calida in 4° sicca in 3°
Ēlēctiō meliōrā ex eō est quī modicē acuitātis est
Iuuāmentum contrā uenēna frīgida et morsus scorpiōnum
et uīperārum et interficit uermēs
Nocumentum nocet oculīs et cerebrō
Remōtiō
nocumentī cum acētō et
oleō
Quid generat hūmōrem grossum et acūtum
Conuenit frīgidīs dēcrepitīs et senibus hyēme* et
montānīs et septentriōnālibus.
*alternative
spelling of hieme
acuitās, acuitātis
[3/f]: (Mediaeval); sharpness; intensity
The translation
gives this as ‘juiciness’ which is also possible since there is a rare word – aqueitās
– which means ‘wateriness’ or ‘moisture’, but the manuscript is clear in its
use of acuitātis
acūtus, -a, -um:
sharp
cerebrum, -ī
[2/n]: brain
grossus, -a, -um:
(Mediaeval) thick
hiems, hiemis
[3/f]: winter
modicē: moderately
< modicus, -a, -um: moderate
montānus, -a, -um:
(adjective) mountain; mountainous
morsus, -ūs [4/m]:
bite; sting
septentriōnālis,
-e: northern
venēnum, -ī [2/n]:
poison
vermis, -is [3/m]:
worm
____________________
[i] Is garlic [a]
cold [b] hot [c] dry [d] wet?
[ii] The best type
is moderately __________.
[iii] True or
false? You can use garlic to treat poisons.
[iv] Garlic is
good if you are bitten by __________ and __________.
[v] What can
garlic kill?
[vi] Garlic
damages the __________ and the __________.
[vii] Damage can
be remedied with __________ and __________.
[viii] The text
refers to the humours i.e. bodily fluids, in particular the four
"cardinal humours" - blood, yellow bile, black bile and phlegm – believed
to control the health and mood of the human body.
What two effects
does garlic have on the humour?
[ix] Garlic is
advisable:
[a] for what kind
of conditions?
[b] for what kind
of people?
[c] in what
season?
[d] in what regions?
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