A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin

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A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin

volatile, easily affected by circumstances; easily being given off by evaporation, readily vaporized: volaticus,-a,-um (adj.A) {> L. volaticus,-a,-um (adj.A): 'flying, winged; fleeting, volatile, inconstant, transitory; fickle, turning from one to another.'

volatilis,-e (adj.B): flying, winged, as of beasts; swift, rapid; fleeting, transitory; changing from one part to another;

- oleum (-ei, s.n.II) volatile (adj.B), abl. sg. oleo volatili, volatile oil.

- glandulis olei volatilis, with glandules of volatile oil.

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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