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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1817 edition. Excerpt:...sive Sphacelus incipiens; in arboribus appellatur quum radices nigrescunt ac emoriuntur; de equis etiam dicitur; medius digitus; item species qusedam salvia?--the mortification of any inflamed part, its putrefaction; a gangrene, eating ulcer, the first stage of mortification; the term is applied to trees when their roots grow black and entirely corrupted; it is used likewise of horses; the middle finger; it is also a species of, and derived from, o-paxo;, f salvia--the herb sage: "600 rp«?ayo;, & erttyyof, guttur, fauces; sonus gutture emittitur--the throat, the gulletpipe, a guttural sound. apivSaptc;, w, acer,; species cannabis--a maple tree; a kind of hemp. e-X'os, oxou h, juncus; ejuncofunis; funis, restis; mensura /Egyptiaca sexaginta stadia complectens--a rush, a rope made of rushes; any rope or cord, a halter; an Egyptian long measure of sixty stadia or furlongs, i. e. 7 miles. acervus, agger, cumulus, congeries--a heap, pile, accumulation, amassment, store. Nouns, Deri. 2. a, m. o», n / T raXanov, statera, trutina, lanx, libra; id quod lanci imponitur ponderandum, nominatim Talentum, pondus CXXV librarum, summa pecuniae apudAtticos, Thallerorum DCCL secundum computationem vulgarem--a balance, pair of scales, that which is put into the scales for the purpose of being neighed,viz. a Talent, the weight of 125 pounds, an Athenian sum of money valued at 750 dollars according to vulgar computation. Note, the Talent teas different at different periods of time, and in different countries, q.-rdxau, Tolero, fero. 605 Tixs & G. to?, To, salsamentum, piscium, carnisque, caro sale condita, caro inveterata--seasoning, pickle for fish or flesh, powdered beef; hung meat, that which hath been long kept, rttpxtvu, sale condio, to...