Condes

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Condes arabice condisi est planta que apud Dyascoridem vocatur strutium, et a Macro ostrutium: et quidam radicem ellebori albi putant eo quod sternutamenta movet ut ipsum, sed alia est ut infra in structio: de quo Macer: sternutamentum per se pulvis movet eius naribus iniectus veratro non segnius albo .i. elleboro.


Apparatus:

strutium AC jp | structium ef | structiõ B
ostrutium AC jp | ostruciũ B f | ostructiuӡ ms. e
{ostrutium} et AC p | etiam B ej | e͡c f
a macro efp | a maco j | a Ma. AC | macer B
radicem | redicem C {printer's error}
ellebori AC | elebori B efjp
{albi} appellant add. ms. e
putant eo quod | e. q. p. ms. e
ut ipsum | ubi ipsa AC
alia est | est alia B
supra infra AC | supra B ep | infra {written by different hand over an erased word} j | j͂ {= infra} ms. f
structio ABC ep | strutio j strucio f
naribus | naturalibus B
veratro | verato p | veracius f
segnius AC f | seg͂ius B | seguius ej | sanguis ms. p, superscript ... nius written by different hand
elleboro AC fp | eleboro B ej


Translation:

Condes, the Arabic for {Latin} condisi, is a plant which is called in Dyascorides strutium and in Macer ostrutium; and some people think that it is the root of elleborus albus {"white hellebore"}, because it causes sneezing like hellebore does, but it is different as shown below in the entry for structio {v.i.}. Here is what Macer has to say {about ostrutium}: Its powder alone brings on sneezing; injected into the nostrils it is in no way less effective than veratrum album, i.e. elleborus.


Commentary:

Condes:
Cf. Siggel (ﻗﻨﺪﺱ /qundus/ mentioned 1950: 61) and (1950: 54): ﻛﻨﺪﺱ /kundus/ Niesmittel v. e. saponinhaltigen Pfl. {i.e. "sternutatory, i.e substance provoking sneezing, from a plant species containing saponin"}. This word was adopted into medieval Latin as condisi or condisium.

Simon is alluding to Dioscorides, and the relevant texts are:
Dioscorides Longobardus, 2, 149, ed. Stadler (1899: 235), De strutiu. [[1]];
Dyascorides alphabeticus (cf. Bodmer, f 67r) Strucio [[2]];
The original Greek text can be found in 2, 163, ed. Wellmann (1906-14: I. 227f), στρούθιον /stroúthion/ [[3]]


Simon quotes from Macer Floridus, De viribus herbarum, 26, ed. Choulant (1832: 66f) [[4]]
OSTRUTIUM:
Line 907 - Struthion, Ostrutium quod vulgi more vocatur – "Struthion is called ostrutium in folk language". This confirms the synonymy.

Later on Simon quotes lines
924: Sternutamentum per se pulvis movet eius,
925: Naribus iniectus veratro non segnius albo
{Simon adds:} .i. elleboro
924: "Its {i.e. ostrutium’s} powder alone provokes sneezing", 925: "Injected into the nostrils it is not less active than veratrum album", {And Simon adds:} "i.e. hellebore."


WilfGunther (talk) 18:36, 8 November 2016 (GMT)


For further information see Cundes, Struction, see also: Condisi, Kondes


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