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Historical poem record

PILULAE DE QUINQUE GENERIBUS

Myrobalanorum peripentamon dominatur

EnglishThe *peripentamon* of myrobalans rules over Any humor: for the pills loosen phlegm,

Language
Latin
Date
19th century
Form
hexameter
Editorial status
Reviewed source page
Text
Source and English

Unit 1 · poem · hexameter · 7 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 1-5

  1. 1

    Myrobalanorum peripentamon dominatur

  2. 2

    Cuilibet humori: pilulae nam phlegmata laxant,

  3. 3

    Et duplicis cholerae enormia iura refraenant.

  4. 4

    In febre non dentur, nec eis, quos felleus humor

  5. 5

    Unicus infestat, nam phlegmate purificato

English

No translation for source lines 1-5.

Source lines 6-7

  1. 6

    Insultus cholerae siccos depasceret artus,

  2. 7

    Unde phthisis peiorque priore novissimus error.

English · approximate

Approximate · fill pass

The *peripentamon* of myrobalans rules over

Any humor: for the pills loosen phlegm,

And restrain the enormous powers of double choler.

210 Let them not be given in a fever, nor to those whom bilious humor

Alone afflicts, for once the phlegm is purified

The assault of choler would devour the dry limbs,

Whence phthisis, and the final error worse than the first.