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Historical poem record

De Menta.

Im calidam ſiccāqꝫ gradu fert menta ſecūdo

EnglishMint bears a hot and dry power in the second degree. By a drink of it, the digestive power is aided.

Language
Latin
Date
15th century
Form
hexameter
Editorial status
Reviewed source page
Text
Source and English

Unit 1 · poem · hexameter · 16 lines

Latin

Block alignment is approximate: translation blocks are shown against their source line ranges, with untranslated gaps and overlaps surfaced rather than shifted into a verified line map.

Source lines 1-13

  1. 1

    Im calidam ſiccāqꝫ gradu fert menta ſecūdo

  2. 2

    Illius potu vis digeſtiua iuuatur

  3. 3

    Confortat ſtomachū vomitū quoqꝫ detinet hauſta

  4. 4

    Lumbricoſqꝫ modo depellere fertur eodem

  5. 5

    Diuerſis morbis ocurrit teſticulorum

  6. 6

    Si foueantur aqua qua menta cocta ſit herba

  7. 7

    Lac ſoluit mammis ſi ſit ſuperaddita trita

  8. 8

    Inſtillata fugat auris cum melle dolorem

  9. 9

    Aſperitas lingue fugit illa ſepe fricata

  10. 10

    Hauſtaqꝫ cum ſapa partum ſolet accelerare

  11. 11

    Trita canis morſum ſuperaddita cum ſale curat

  12. 12

    Hec emotoicis miſto ſuccurrit aceto

  13. 13

    Matrici ſucus ſi ſubditus illius ante

English · verified range

Verified range

  1. 1

    And it is said to expel worms in the same manner.

  2. 2

    It counters various diseases of the testicles

  3. 3

    If they are fomented with water in which the mint herb has been boiled.

  4. 4

    It releases milk in the breasts if it is applied crushed.

  5. 5

    Instilled with honey, it drives away pain of the ear.

  6. 6

    Roughness of the tongue flees when rubbed often with it.

  7. 7

    And drunk with must, it is accustomed to accelerate childbirth.

  8. 8

    Crushed and applied with salt, it cures a dog's bite.

  9. 9

    It aids those who spit blood when mixed with vinegar.

  10. 10

    If its juice is introduced into the womb before

  11. 11

    intercourse takes place: a woman does not conceive from it.

  12. 12

    Its juice does not allow cheeses to putrefy

  13. 13

    when mixed in: or if the green herb is added on top.

Source lines 14-16

  1. 14

    Quam fiat coitus: mulier non concipit inde

  2. 15

    Caſeolos ſucus putreſcere non ſinit eius

  3. 16

    Ammiſtus: vel ſi viridis ſuperadditur herba

English

No translation for source lines 14-16.