| Pliny the Elder, Natural History (English) (XML Header) [genre: prose] [word count] [lemma count] [Plin. Nat.]. | ||
| <<Plin. Nat. 21.66 | Plin. Nat. 21.67 (Latin) | >>Plin. Nat. 21.68 |
Some authors reckon among the bulbs the root of the cypiros, or gladiolus; [Note] it is a pleasant food, and when boiled and kneaded up with bread, makes it more agreeable to the taste, and at the same time more weighty. Not unlike it in appear- ance is the plant known to us as the "thesion," [Note] but it is of an acrid flavour.
| Pliny the Elder, Natural History (English) (XML Header) [genre: prose] [word count] [lemma count] [Plin. Nat.]. | ||
| <<Plin. Nat. 21.66 | Plin. Nat. 21.67 (Latin) | >>Plin. Nat. 21.68 |
