Les noms de plantes dans la Rome antique /
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| Author / Creator: | André, Jacques, 1951- |
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| Imprint: | Paris : Belles Lettres, 1985. |
| Description: | xvi, 332 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | French |
| Series: | Collection d'études anciennes Collection d'études anciennes |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/763612 |
| Summary: | English summary: This essential lexicon lists over 1,100 plant names in a geographical area stretching from Lusitania (Portugal) and Northern Africa to the Ganges (India). Relying on quotations from ancient texts about plants which could be used in the diets of humans and domestic animals, in industry (dyes, perfumes) and most importantly in medicine, this lexicon at long last endows Latin botanical references with genuine content, while discarding the vague equivalents found in contemporary dictionaries. Three indexes supplement this lexicon: the first and second provide Latin equivalents of the French and scholarly Latin terms used by botanists, while the third focuses on geography. French description: Ce lexique fondamental recense plus de 1 100 noms de plantes sur un domaine geographique s'etendant de la Lusitanie (Portugal) au Gange (Inde) en passant par l'Afrique du Nord. Sur la base des citations de textes antiques concernant les plantes utiles a l'alimentation de l'homme et des animaux domestiques, a l'industrie (colorant, parfumerie) et surtout a la medecine, ce lexique donne enfin un contenu reel a la botanique latine en faisant justice des equivalences vagues des dictionnaires contemporains. Trois index completent le lexique: le premier et le deuxieme fournissent les equivalents latins des termes francais et du latin savant des botanistes, le troisieme s'attache a la geographie. |
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| Item Description: | Includes indexes. |
| Physical Description: | xvi, 332 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Bibliography: p. [xv]-xvi. |
| ISBN: | 2251328564 |