A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin

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A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin

Albugo,-inis (s.f.III), abl.sg. albugine: (“perhaps only in Pliny) a white spot, a disease of the eye; film, albugo (Lewis & Short); see –ugo,-inis (s.f.III).

- albugines oculorum, albugoes of the eyes, of the pupils pupillarum ; (in the plur., scurf upon the head, Pliny 26, 15, 90 paragr 160.” (Lewis & Short).

(In Pliny) “an unknown kind of white ulcer on the eye. In XXVI paragr. 160 used of a head ulcer. The word occurs only in the Vulgate Bible and in Pliny” (Jones).

(in fungi) a genus (family Albuginaceae) of plant-parasitic oomycetes: (in plants) produces white rust or white blister diseases.

Identification of ‘albugo’ as a human disease was not found.

A work in progress, presently with preliminary A through R, and S, and with S (in part) through Z essentially completed.
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