Monday, April 28, 2025

25.07.25: topic; the fruits of the earth [5]; Tacuinum Sānitātis (4): vocabulary

Sparagus

Complēctiō calida et hūmida in prīmō Ēlēctiō recentēs cuius summitātēs dēclīnant ad terram Iuuāmentum addunt in coitū et aperiunt opilatiōnēs Nocumentum nocent uillīs stomachī Remōtiō nocumentī postquam elisātī sunt comedantur cum mūri(ā) aut acētō Quid generant nūtrīmentum bonum Conueniunt frīgidīs et siccīs senibus et dēcrepitīs in vēre et in regiōnibus in quibus reperiuntur.

That little text comprises just over 50 words, despite which a great deal can be learned from it. Not only does it give us an insight into the content of a Mediaeval medical handbook, but, by picking and choosing, we can review common vocabulary. Match the Latin with the English in the word cloud:

  1. acētum, -ī  [2/n]
  2. addō, -ere, addidī, additus [3]
  3. calidus, -a, -um
  4. coitus, -ūs [4/m]
  5. comedō, -ere, comēdī, comēsus [3]
  6. conveniō, -īre, -vēnī. conventus [4]
  7. dēclīnō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus [1]
  8. dēcrepitus, -a, -um
  9. frīgidus, -a, -um
  10. hūmidus, -a, -um
  11. noceō, -ēre, -uī, nocitus [3]
  12. nūtrīmentum, -ī [2/n]
  13. recēns, recentis
  14. regiō, regiōnis [3/f]
  15. reperiō, -īre, repperī, repertus [4]
  16. senex, senis [3 m/f]
  17. siccus, -a, -um
  18. stomachus, -ī [2/m]
  19. terra, -ae [1/f]
  20. vēr, -is [3/n]

add; be suitable; bend; cold; discover; dry; eat; fresh / recent; harm; hot; joining; land; nourishment; old person; region; spring; stomach; very old; vinegar; wet / moist

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