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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sulla80, post: 25231003, member: 99456&quot;]Ab his proximum dicetur auctoritate clarissimum laserpicium, quod Graeci silphion vocant, in Cyrenaica provincia repertum, cuius sucum laser vocant, magnificum in usu medicamentisque et <b><span style="color: #336600">ad pondus argentei denarii repensum</span></b>.</p><p>-<a href="https://www.loebclassics.com/view/pliny_elder-natural_history/1938/pb_LCL371.445.xml" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.loebclassics.com/view/pliny_elder-natural_history/1938/pb_LCL371.445.xml" rel="nofollow">Pliny the Elder, Natural History, XIX.XV</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Translations vary:</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;Next after these we will speak about laserwort, a Silphium, a remarkably important plant, the Greek name for which is silphium; it was originally found in the province of Cyrenaica. Its juice is called laser, and it takes an important place in general use and among drugs, and is sold for its weight in silver denarii...&quot;</p><p>-<a href="https://www.loebclassics.com/view/pliny_elder-natural_history/1938/pb_LCL371.445.xml" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.loebclassics.com/view/pliny_elder-natural_history/1938/pb_LCL371.445.xml" rel="nofollow">Pliny the Elder, Natural History, XIX.XV</a></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="3"><b>LASERPITIUM, LASER, AND MASPETUM.</b></font></p><p>Next to these, laserpitium claims our notice, a very remarkable plant, known to the Greeks by the name of &quot;silphion,&quot; and originally a native of the province of Cyrenaica. The juice of this plant is called &quot;laser,&quot; and it is greatly in vogue for medicinal as well as other purposes, being sold at the same rate as silver.</p><p>-<a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Plin.+Nat.+19.15&amp;fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.02.0137" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Plin.+Nat.+19.15&amp;fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.02.0137" rel="nofollow">Pliny the Elder, Natural History, XIX.XV</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1607985[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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