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An Liagh i n-Eirinn i n-allod III & IV: De Febrium Symptomatibus (Author: [unknown])
VOCABULARY
This vocabulary combines the parts from Lia Fáil III, 123125 and IV, 265268. Original page-breaks are omitted.
Numbers after each word refer to paragraph where it first occurs. {In part 3, these were not indicated]:
The first word=headword; the second word=English equivalent; last word=Latin translation from RA.
- adhairt; pillow; pulvinar. 37.
- adarc; adharc cupping horn; ventosa, cucurbitula. [part 3], 28.
- adhann; coltsfoot; portacula. [part 3]
- adhbar; matter; materia. [part 3]
- ae abha; liverwort; hepaticon. [part 3]
- aerdha; principal; principalis. 30.
- agairc; agaric; agaricus. [part 3]
- aibeil; quick; velociter. 7.
- aicid; accident (of fever); accidens. [part 3]
- aicisis; paroxysm; accessus, paroxysmus. [part 3]
- aigean; pan; patella. [part 3]
- aigeid; vinegar; acetum. [part 3]
- ailt; = ail leat. 27.
- ailledigim; I mention, recount; allego. [part 3]
- aineid; anetho; anethum. 1.
- ainis; anise; anisum. 14.
- airgib, airgibh; temples (dpl. of ara, arach); tempora. [part 3]
- alga; apthous sore (in the mouth); ulcus, scissura. [part 3]
- algus bidh; appetite; desire for food; appetitus. 14.
- mialgua; disinclination. 19.
- anbainne craidhe; syncope; faintness. [part 3]
- andibhi; endive; endivia. [part 3]
- ard; high-coloured (of urine); tincta. 24.
- athair losa; ground ivy; hedera terrestris. 7.
- atcomall; dropsy; hydrops. 10. v. idroipis.
- atharrach; change, variation. [part 3]
- bainne almont; milk of almonds; lac amygdalarum. [part 3]
- baluaird; wallwort; cameactus ebulus. 3.
- beirene; verbena; verbena. [part 3]
- beithe; box tree; buxus. [part 3]
- benedicta (herba); a mild laxative, 1.
- berbeiris; barberry; berberis. [part 3]
- bilar gharrda; (garden cress); nasturtium hortense (=lepidum sativum) . [part 3]
- binid mhil; hare's rennet; coagulum leporis. [part 3]
- bithnua; St. John's Wort; hypericon. [part 3]
- bitoine; betony; betonica. [part 3]
- bolg gachann; smith's bellows; flabellum. 15.
- bolgach; smallpox; varioli. 27.
- bolgam; mouthful. 34.
- borraitsi; borrage; borrago. 5.
- breith; womb; matrix. 19.
- brigh tochlaitheach; digestive force; (virtus digestiva). [part 3]
- bruidearnach; irritation; punctura. 25.
- buaidhirte; turbid, troubled; turbidus. 49.
- buathfallan; buathfallan liath; mugwort, ragweed; artemisia. 1.
- buidhen uighi; yolk of egg; vitelli ovorum. [part 3]
- cabann; capon; caponem. 46.
- cabson; causon, an inflammatory fever,; causon. [part 3]
- cadhas; cotton; cottum. 32.
- caibdel; custard; candellum A misreading for caudellum; see footnote. 42.
- Calamus aromaticus; sweet flag. 14.
- cail; quality; (qualitas). [part 3]
- caindi; candy. [part 3]
- cainel; cinnamon; cinnamomum. [part 3]
- camamilla; camomile; camomillae. 1.
- cardamomum; cardamom. 15.
- cartana; quartan fever; quartana (febris). [part 3]
- cassia fistola; pod of a species of herbs, highly laxative (Golden rain tree); Cassia fistula. 5.
- ceangal; constipation; (constipatio). [part 3]
- cearchaill; pillow; pulvinar. [part 3]
- ceirin; poultice, plaster; emplastrum. 2.
- claethmodh, claethmuighim; vn. change; I change. (also claoch-, claech-.) [part 3]
- cliathanaib; chest, ribs; sub hypochondriis. [part 3]
- clisdire tarraingtheach; an attractive clyster; clyster attractivus. [part 3]
- clobus; cloves; garyophylli. 14.
- cnamh; consuming; consumption 1.
- cneadh; sore, wound; ulcus; vulnus. 36.
- cneasuigheach, cneasugad; healing, to heal; consolidatio. 1.
- coileardha; choleric; (cholericus). [part 3]
- coilera eruginosa; cholera aeruginosa, a form of choleric humour; (see footnote). [part 3]
- coilera praisina; cholera prassina; a form of choleric humour; (see footnote). [part 3]
- coimbris; bruise (imperative). [part 3]
- coinneall Mhuire; great mullein; molena. [part 3]
- copiros; vitreolum. 31.
- coimplex202; complexion; complexio. The combination of certain qualifies hot, cold, moist and dry, in an animal body determining its nature. 28, 40; drochcoimplex bad complexion 27.
- coriandra; coriander. (coriandrum) 13.
- cosa scoiltithe; pedes fissi. 41.
- crim muc fiadh; hart's tongue; scolopendria. 42.
- crith ger; ague. 8.
- cristall; crystal; cristallus. [part 3]
- cruach Padraig; plantain; plantago. [part 3]
- cruad; flint; silex. 35. cf. slind.
- crual, cruel; coral; corallus. 14 [and part 3]
- cubranach; frothy. 22.
- cuideog; flies; cantharides. 10.
- cuilen; whelp; catulus. [part 3]
- cuisle an cind; cephalic vein; cephalica (vena). [part 3]
- cuimin; cumin; cyminum. [part 3]
- cumsanad; rest; quies. 44.
- curradan; horsetail; cauda equina. 33.
- dabach; vat; tina. 24.
- dairgin; germander; chamadreos. 43.
- daorgalar; piles; tenesmus. [part 3]
- deannach muilind; mill dust. 4.
- dedga; centaury; centaurium. 1.
- deoch athraitheach; alterative drink. [part 3]
- desgridech; discreet. 14
- diaturbith; compound medicine made of turpeth, cf. diasene, diareubarbrum, etc. 51.
- digbail; declinatio, the final stage in a fever. 44.
- domblas ae; gall, gallbladder; fel. 3.
- dragma; drachm, dram; (dragma). [part 3]
- driuch; shudder; horripilatio. 25. cf. greand.
- drochbrucht; sour eructation; eructationes. 50.
- duadar; (bad) smell. 49.
- duainneadh; fontanelle; commissura capitis. [part 3].
- dubchosach; maidenhair; capillus veneris. 8.
- dubhan; kidney; renes. [part 3]
- duinti; oppilation [part 3]
- eanbruithe; soup, broth; brodeum. 1
- eang; a strip [part 3]
- easbaidh ceille; delirium?; alienalio mentis [part 3]
- easguman; eel; anguilla. [part 3]
- easlainte adburda; material sickness; morbus materialis. 19.
- eillind; elecampane; enula. 35
- fadarcan; knot in wood. 13.
- faisgeathrach; nausea. 44.
- faothagad; crisis; crisis. 21.
- fasdadh; constipation; constipatio ventris. 1.
- feineal; fennel; faeniculum (foeniculum, feniculum). [part 3]
- fearad; faeces; egestio. 24.
- fiabras ger; acute fever, aguefebris acuta [part 3]
- follamnugad; ruling (i.e. health management and diet); regimen. 25.
- frenisis; frenzy, phrenesis [part 3]
- fual; urine; urina. 8.
- fuil dearg; sanguine humour; one of the four humours.
- fuil dregan; dragon's blood; sanguis draconis. [part 3]
- gaethmhaireacht; flatulence; ventositas. [part 3]
- gafann; henbane; iusquiamus (= hyoscyamus) 31.
- gailingein; galingale (= galangal); galanga. 14.
- gairfideach; a twisting of the bowels, Census of Ireland for the year 1851 1. (For this information I am indebted to Mr. Seamus O'Cassidy.) 27.
- gairleog; garlic; allium. 19.
- galar buidhe; jaundice; icterus. 8.
- gallunach; soap; sapo. 2.
- garbhlus; goosegrass; rubia minor. An leg. madder? (Cf. rubia maior .i. an madra, Stokes, On the Materia Medica of the mediaeval Irish, Revue Celtique 9, p. 240.) [part 3]
- gealan uighi; white of egg; albumen ovis. [part 3]
- ginaidh; gluttony; gulositas. 48.
- glac; handful; manipulus. 8.
- glae; glue; refer to glutinativa. 30
- glaisin caille; boglus; boglossa. 5.
- grainde; grain, seed; grana. [part 3]
- greann; rigor [part 3]
- greannugad; irritation; provoco; cf. greann; rigor; v. driuch.
- hocus; mallows; malvos. 1.
- idroipis; v. atcomall.
- imlacan; navel; umbilicus. [part 3]
- inde ieiunum; the jejunum; jejunum. 1.
- indles; meal. 5.
- ira pigra, hiera pikra; a remedy composed of various drugs. (Cf. note p. 119.) [part 3]
- iubar craige; juniper; iuniperus. 3.
- iubar sleibhe; wild sage; eupatorium. 9.
- labriola; laurel; lauri. 4.
- lacach; loose, relaxed [part 3]
- lanleighe; cochlear; cochleare: liquid measure = one tablespoonful; cochleare amplum = one fluid ounce. 7. Cf. leathleighe etc. cochleare mediocre203
- leadartach; gripes?; torsio. [part 3]
- leagan (botany), tansy; leagan (medicine), reduction. 2.
- leas; bladder; vesica. 20.
- leathog; flat fish, flounder; merlingus. 42.
- lectuaire; electuary; electuarium. [part 3]
- letus; lettuce; lactuca. [part 3]
- liathlus; mouse-ear; pilosellla. 9.
- lignum aloes; aloes, lign aloes. 3.
- linn dubh; melancholy. [part 3]
- linn fuar; phlegm. [part 3]
- linn ruadh; choler; one of the four humours. 1 (Cf. fuil dearg)
- litairgia; lethargy. 22.
- loisgeach; burning; pungitivus. 1.
- lubra; leprosy or other skin disease; lepra. 19.
- lus; leek; porrum. 19.
- lus an leadan; tansy; virga pastoris. 3.
- lus in sparain; shepherd's purse; sanguinaria, cf. lus na fola. [part 3]
- magralla; genitals; testiculi. [part 3]
- mailis; malice; malignitas. [part 3]
- maistix; mastiche; mastix. [part 3]
- masal; mazer ( N.E.D.); mazenus. 46.
- mathair thalman; millefolium. 37. v. athair t.
- meirsi; smallage; apium. 9.
- mercuiriel; the plant mercury; mercurialus. 1.
- merolaini beileiritsi; belliric myrobalans; myrobalani bellerici. [part 3]204
- merolaini inndi; myrobalans; myrobalani indici. [part 3]
- merolaini cebulli; myrobalans; myrobalani chebuli. [part 3]
- merolaini sitrini; myrobalans; myrobalani citrini. [part 3]
- methrad; fat; adeps, pinguedo. 1.
- miniugad; reducing, lessening; minuere. 1.
- midhaighi; also midhaigh, midhaidh, mighaigh(e)) nightshade; solatrum. [part 3]
- misaidhi; wild fiax; linaria. 8.
- miseraidci uena; meseraic vein (= mesenteric vein); meseracia vena. [part 3]
- moduracht; depression, gloom; tristitia. 61.
- morgadh; corruption; corruptio. [part 3]
- mormont; wormwood; absynthium. 1.
- muchadh na breithe; suffocation of the uterus; suffocatio matricis. [part 3]
- neantog; nettle; urtica. 17.
- neasgoid; boil; apostema. [part 3]205
- niamhain; pearl; margarita. [part 3]
- niamnaid; tormentil; potentilla tormentilla. [part 3]
- nutamug; nutmeg; nux moscata. [part 3]
- oisrida; oysters; ostrea. 43.
- oxisacra; a concoctio of oximel.206 13.
- pairitari; parietory, pellitory; paritaria. 19. v. peledra.
- pastae; paste, pastry; pasta. 40.
- peledra; pellitory; pyrethrum. 18. v. pairitari.
- perbingc; periwinkle; pervinca (=vinca pervinca; vinca spp.). 35.
- pertrais; partridge; perdrix = perdix207. [part 3]
- pibrachas; nasturtium. 35.
- pibrair; nasturtium. [part 3]
- pic; pitch; pix. [part 3]
- pilloili; pills; pilula. 11.
- pingin; penny; ducatum. [part 3]
- pioini; peony; paeonia. [part 3]
- poball; butterburr (Petasites hybridus). 30.
- poire; pore; porus. 16.
- ponaire; bean; faba. 10.
- potaitsi; pottage; brodeum. [part 3]
- praisech; cabbage; caules. 5.
- raibe uisge; raibhi uisge [part 3], water rue; nenuphar. 39.
- rais; rice; oryza. [part 3]
- rannaidhi; local; particularis. 27.
- reithe; ram; aries. [part 3]
- ros lin; flax seed; semen lini. 17.
- sabhsa; sauce; salsamentum. 15.
- sail cuach; violet; viola. 1.
- saitsi; sage; salvia. [part 3]
- samadh; sorrel; acedula. [part 3]
- sandaili; sandalwood, sanders; santala. 8. v. triasanduile
- scamonia; scammony; (Convolvulus scammonia). [part 3]
- scim; polypody; pollipodium. 4.
- sdaid; stasis, the third stage of a fever. 17.
- sdipeaga ( also sdipeaca) 30 etc; styptic; styptica. [part 3]
- sealg; spleen; (lien). [part 3]
- seilidonia; swallow-wort; chelidonia. 8.
- sgeathrach; vomiting; vomitus. 13.
- sicne; membrane, skin; peritoneum. 13.
- sidhubal; setwall; zedoaria. 13.
- singcoipis; syncope. [part 3]
- sisan; tisane; ptisana. 43.
- sitheal; basin, pelvis. [part 3]
- slind; flint; silex. 32. cf. cruad.
- siucra roiseaca; sugar of roses. [part 3]
- snas iboiri; ivory turnings; rasura eboris. 8.
- spica nairdi; spikenard; spica nardi. 8.
- spiursi; spurge; tithumalli. 3.
- spongc; sponge; spongia. [part 3]
- stupog: coarse part of stalk of cabbage or similar plant (...) (Gr. stúpé; cf. stup, 23 F 19 buaicis cum stuppis canabis)
- subeth; lethargy; profunditas somni similis lethargo. 37.
- sumag; chopped leaves of genus Rhus, sumach. 27.
- supoisitoir; suppository; suppositorium. 3.
- surrumont; southernwood; abrotanum. 1.
- tairisecht; trust, confidence. 51.
- tamareind; tamarind; tamarind. [part 3]
- tartaire; tartary?; lus in sparain. [part 3]
- tathaba; hellebore, dropwort; helleborus. 4.
- teagail; an t-seagail sgs. rye; (secale). [part 3]
- teinegail; houseleek; sempervivum tectorum. [part 3]
- timtireacht; anus; anus. [part 3]
- tochlugad; appetite; appetitus. 15.
- tondmar; undulating; undosus. 23.
- tuis; incense; olibanum? [part 3]
- tus; incense; thus. 3
- triasanduile; concoction of sanders. 8. v. sandaile.
- trom; elder; sambucus. 4.
- truailnithe; corrupt, pestilential. 39. cf. truaillnead.208
- uball gornel; pomegranate; malum granatum. [part 3]
- uball searbh na caille; crab-apple?; poma sylvestris. [part 3]
- uilidhe; universal; universalis. 24.
- uirge; testicles; testiculi. 27.
- unsa; ounce; uncia. 32. The mediaeval Irish scribes used the usual sign ℥ for this, which is a debased form of [illegible symbol]. This sign is not known outside Ireland.
- urcoid; harm, injury; nocentia. 9.