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hermodactyl Obs. exc. Hist.|hɜːməʊˈdæktɪl|
Also 4 ermodattile, 5 hermodactule, 6 -ill, 6–8 -il(e, 8 -yle.
[ad. med.L. hermodactylus, a. Gr. ἑρµοδάκτυλος lit. Hermes' finger.]
1. A bulbous root, probably that of a species of Colchicum, formerly imported from the East and used in medicine. Also, the plant itself.
c1350Med. MS. in Archæol. XXX. 380 Medelyd wt rosalgere And ermodattilis of on ȝere. c1400Lanfranc's Cirurg. 236 Also take..hermodactulis wiþ sugre & coold watir. c1550Lloyd Treas. Health (1585) Q vi, A plaster made of the rote of walwort and Hermodactiles stampte wyth Hogges grese. 1616J. Bullokar Eng. Expos., Hermodactiles, little roots white, and round, solde by Apothecaries, etc. 1681tr. Willis' Rem. Med. Wks. Vocab., Hermodactils, or mercuries finger, white and red. 1727Bradley Fam. Dict. s.v. Head ach, [To clear the Brain] you may take two Drams of Hermodactil, with some Betony and Pimpernel-Leaves. 1847E. J. Seymour Severe Dis. I. 90 It was found..that this plant existed in Greek physic under the name of hermodactyls.
2. Applied by Lyte to the Meadow Saffron, Colchicum autumnale; and later to the Snake's-head Iris, Iris tuberosa (Hermodactylus tuberosus), which was supposed to be the source of the drug.
1578Lyte Dodoens iii. xxxv. 366 Of Hermodactil or Mede Saffron. 1664Evelyn Kal. Hort. (1729) 199 March..Flowers in Prime, or yet lasting, Chelidonium small with double Flowers, Hermodactyls, Tuberous Iris. 1768Miller Gard. Dict. (ed. 8), Hermodactylus,..by some botanic writers..supposed the true Hermodactyl, but what has been long used in Europe for that is the root of a Colchicum. |