The weighing of silphium by Arkesilas, one of the descendants of Battos, who ruled at Kyrene—probably the second of the name (B.
Silphium ] Drawn by Faucher-Gudin, from the cast of a coin of Cyrene.
Greek letters and issuant therefrom the Silphiumas in the arms; 2.
Bordering upon Cyrenaïca is the district which produces silphium, and the juice called Cyrenaic, which the silphium discharges from incisions made in it.
There are two kinds ofsilphium or laserpitium, the Cyrenaic, and the Persian.
For the silphium is very valuable to the Cyrenaeans.
For want of galleys we are without spices, and it is a matter of great difficulty to procure silphium on account of the rebellions on the Cyrenian frontier.
Leaves united at base into a cup surrounding the stem =Cup Plant, Silphium perfoliatum.
A) Prairie Dock (Silphium terbinthinaceum pinnatifidium) is rather an attractive plant that also grows on prairies and the edges of copses.
The species that we have used in hay fever is the silphium laciniatum (Silphium gummiferum, Ell.
We list them with their synonyms as follows: Silphium perfoliatum, Lin.
Even in Dioscorides' time the plant was getting scarce and there came a day when in all Cyrene there remained only a single silphium plant, which was piously presented to that worthy representative of the gods, the emperor Nero.
There is, however, a proving of silphium but it is buried deep in the dust that covers old reports and has not seen the light of day for many a year.
Hale's New Remedies, in which he says of silphium laciniatum, "It has proved for me one of the best remedies in humid asthma.
The silphium formed the most important article produced in that region, and it is perfectly in accordance with all analogy that certain quantities of this plant, and of the juice extracted from it, should be employed as money.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "silphium" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
