− | ''Cantabrica'', says Pliny, is a herb found in Spain. It was discovered by the Cantabri at the time of the godly Emperor Augustus. It grows everywhere, it has a stem like ''iuncus'' {“a rush”} the length of one foot and on it are rather long small flowers resembling ''calathi'' {i.e. trumpet-shaped wicker baskets} [[http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5b/Calathus_basket.jpg&imgrefurl=http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Calathus_basket.jpg&h=663&w=602&sz=165&tbnid=5nhb0JRgmi2y5M:&tbnh=119&tbnw=108&zoom=1&usg=__JN7Fb3qpAVmy4fnSJ33ujnA5Sfo=&docid=q-mzRhmpKG4oaM&sa=X&ei=CiFoUsPgNoWR0AXu7oH4DQ&ved=0CDQQ9QEwAw]] in which there are extremely small seeds et cetera. | + | ''Cantabrica'', says Pliny, is a herb found in Spain. It was discovered by the Cantabri at the time of the godly Emperor Augustus. It grows everywhere, it has a stem like ''iuncus'' {"a rush"} the length of one foot and on it are rather long small flowers resembling ''calathi'' {i.e. trumpet-shaped wicker baskets} [[http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5b/Calathus_basket.jpg&imgrefurl=http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Calathus_basket.jpg&h=663&w=602&sz=165&tbnid=5nhb0JRgmi2y5M:&tbnh=119&tbnw=108&zoom=1&usg=__JN7Fb3qpAVmy4fnSJ33ujnA5Sfo=&docid=q-mzRhmpKG4oaM&sa=X&ei=CiFoUsPgNoWR0AXu7oH4DQ&ved=0CDQQ9QEwAw]] in which there are extremely small seeds et cetera. |
| ''Cantabrica'', the herb name is obviously connected to the Spanish region of Cantabria. | | ''Cantabrica'', the herb name is obviously connected to the Spanish region of Cantabria. |
− | Simon’s entry is a near verbatim quote from Pliny [Loeb] vol.VII, book XXV, chapter xlvi, p. 198, § 85. The plant name ''Cantabrica'' is only attested in Pliny and he attributes the finding of this plant not to Augustus but to the Cantabri: ''In eadem Hispania inventa est cantabrica per divi Augusti tempora a Cantabris reperta'' - “Also in Spain the plant ''cantabrica'' was discovered, found by the Cantabrians, at the time of the late emperor Augustus”. | + | Simon’s entry is a near verbatim quote from Pliny [Loeb] vol.VII, book XXV, chapter xlvi, p. 198, § 85. The plant name ''Cantabrica'' is only attested in Pliny and he attributes the finding of this plant not to Augustus but to the Cantabri: ''In eadem Hispania inventa est cantabrica per divi Augusti tempora a Cantabris reperta'' - "Also in Spain the plant ''cantabrica'' was discovered, found by the Cantabrians, at the time of the late emperor Augustus". |