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  "headword": "σίλφιον",
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          "definition": "<i>laserwort, Ferula tingitana,</i> the juice of which was used in food and medicine, Sol. 39; ὀπὸς σιλφίον Hp. Acut. 23; σ. ἢ ὀπὸς ἢ καυλός ib. 37, Gal. 12.123, cf. S. Fr. 603, Antiph. 88, Alex. 127.5, Thphr. HP 6.3.1, Nic. Al. 309, Dsc. 3.80, Poll. 6.67; freq. in Ar. as an eatable, esp. mashed with cheese, Av. 534, 1579; having a strong flavour, Eq. 895 sq.: largely grown in and exported from Cyrene, hence prov., τὸ Βάττου σ., of rare and precious commodities, Id. Pl. 925, Arist. Fr. 528; γαλαῖ ἐν τῷ σ. γινόμεναι in the <i>silphium-</i>region, Hdt. 4.192, cf. 169: of other plants, σ. κατὰ Μηδίαν, <i>Ferula Assafoetida,</i> Dsc. l.c.; σ. κατὰ Συρίαν καὶ Ἀρμενίαν, <i>Prangos ferulacea,</i> ibid.; σ. ἐν Καυκάσῳ, <i>Ferula alliacea,</i> Aristobul. ap. Arr. An. 3.28.6.",
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                "quote": "ὀπὸς σιλφίον",
                "ref": "Hp. Acut. 23",
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