A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin

Ahenum,-i (s.n.II), abl.sg. aheno, nom.&acc. pl. ahena, also aenum,-i (s.n.II), abl.sg. aeno, and aeneum,-i (s.n.II), abl.sg. aeneo: copper vessel (sc. vas), (in cooking) a pot, cauldron, kettle; “as used industrially, esp. in the preparation of dyes) a vat, cauldron” (Glare).

Aenum,-i (s.n.II), abl. sg. aeno (sc. vas), also ahenum,-i (s.n.II), abl.sg. aheno: bronze, a bronze vessel, “of the bronze vessels in which the purple color was prepared (Ovid)” (Lewis & Short).

Aenulum,-i (s.m.II), abl.sg. aenulo: a small bronze vessel (Lewis & Short).

- folia incisa in ahenum cortinamve ferventis aquae sed jam ab igne sepositae tepentisque aut melius (ut rei affirmant periti) frigescentis neque ignem expertae conjiciuntur (Ray), the lacerated leaves are thrown together into a copper vessel or kettle of boiling hot water, but already having been taken off the fire, and of tepid or better (as the learned affirm this business) chilled and not having known the fire.

-[Rubus chamaemorus L. 1753 not Fisch. ex Ser. 1825 (Rosaceae), cloudberry, nordic berry; rich in vitamin C, preserved in their own juice] ex hoc fructu (inquit Hoierus) Electuarium ad Scorbutum rudi Minerva conficiunt quotannis Norwagii & Finmarchii Baccas in fictili aut aheno per se ad mediocrem consistentiam coquunt, nullo addito liquore; cum enim succi pleni sint & molles, alieno humore irrigari non expetunt (Ray), from this fruit ([Henry] Hoierus has said) every year the Norwegians and Finmarchians, with a rude skill, make an electuary for scurvy, cook the berries in an earthern or a copper [sc. vessel], as such, to a medium consistency [i.e. thickness], with no liquid added; for when the juice many be full [i.e. reduced] and soft, they do not want [it] to be watered with a moisture not belonging to it.

NOTE: Finnmark is a former county in northernmost Norway.

NOTE: Henry Hoierus Bergensis medicus, Henry Hoierus, a physician of the city of Bergen, Norway.