Salix, ut dicit Ysidorus, arbor est infructuosa, et dicitur salix eo quod cito salit, id est crescit. Arbor mollis est et inflexibilis, habilis vitibus vinciendis. Floret, sed non fructificat. Cuius florem si quis in cibum sumpserit, liberis carere dicitur. Platearius: Est autem hec arbor frigida et sicca. Cortex, flores et folia competunt medicine. Vim consolidandi et constringendi habent. Succus ex floribus expressus et in potum datus febres tollit. Frondes et folia aspersa aqua circa febricitantes aerem infrigidant.<\/p>\n
The willow, as Isidore says, is a tree that produces no fruit, and it is called \u201cwillow\u201d for the reason that it jumps up quickly; i.e. it grows. The tree is supple and flexible, fit for the binding of vines. It flowers, but it does not bear fruit. If one should have eaten its flowers as food, it is said that he will be without children. Platearius: However, this tree is cold and dry. The bark, flowers, and leaves coincide as medicine. They have the power of consolidating and squeezing together. The juice expressed from the flowers and given in a drink takes away fevers. The leaves and foliage splashed with water around those having fevers cool the air.<\/p>\n
careo, carere, carui, caritus<\/strong> v.\u00a0to be devoid of, lack<\/em><\/p>\n cito<\/b> adv.\u00a0rapidly, suddenly<\/em><\/p>\n competo, competere, competivi, competitus<\/strong> v.\u00a0to coincide, meet<\/em><\/p>\n cresco, crescere, crevi, cretus<\/strong> v.\u00a0to arise, be born, grow<\/em><\/p>\n eo<\/strong> adv.\u00a0consequently, therefore, for that reason<\/em><\/p>\n febricito, febricitare, febricitavi, febricitatus<\/strong> v.\u00a0to have a fever<\/em><\/p>\n fructifico fructificare, fructificavi, fructificatus<\/strong> v.\u00a0to bear fruit<\/em><\/p>\n habilis, habile<\/strong> adj.\u00a0fit, apt<\/em><\/p>\n infructosus, -a, -um <\/b>adj. unfruitful<\/i><\/p>\n liber, liberi\u00a0<\/strong>m.\u00a0child<\/em><\/p>\n mollis, molle\u00a0<\/strong>adj.\u00a0soft, flexible, supple, pliant<\/em><\/p>\n salio, salire, salui, saltus<\/strong> v.\u00a0to jump, leap forth, discharge<\/em><\/p>\n salix, salicis\u00a0<\/strong>f.\u00a0willow<\/em><\/p>\n tollo, tollere, sustuli, sublatus<\/strong> v.\u00a0 to remove, take away<\/em><\/p>\n Ysidorus<\/strong>: Saint Isidore of Seville. Considered the “last scholar of the ancient world,” the first Christian writer to attempt to create an encyclopedia of universal knowledge.<\/p>\n dicitur<\/strong> salix<\/strong>:\u00a0“<\/em><\/strong>it is called ‘willow'”\u00a0<\/em>salix is subject complement.<\/p>\n eo quod<\/strong>:\u00a0 introducing a causal clause: for the reason that<\/em><\/p>\n id est<\/strong>: as in English:\u00a0that is\/i.e.<\/em><\/p>\n vitibus vinciendis<\/strong>: gerundive: “for the binding of vines”<\/em><\/p>\n si quis<\/strong>: si aliquis<\/p>\n liberis carere<\/strong>: indirect statement. liberis is ablative case in ablative of separation with carere, a verb of deprivation.<\/p>\n Platearius<\/strong>: Matthaeus Platearius, a twelfth-century physician and physical science writer, who wrote about the medicinal properties of herbs and plants.<\/p>\n hec<\/strong>:\u00a0haec<\/p>\n medicine<\/strong>: ablative of respect<\/p>\n consolidandi et constringendi<\/strong>: two gerunds in the genitive case with vim<\/p>\n expressus<\/strong>: perfect passive participle with succus<\/p>\n datus<\/strong>: perfect passive participle with succus<\/p>\n aspersa aqua<\/strong>: could be either ablative absolute (“with water splashed<\/em>“)\u00a0or could be aspersa, nominative plural neuter perfect passive participle with folia and aqua, ablative of means (“foliage, splashed with water<\/em>“)<\/p>\n febricitantes<\/strong>: masculine\/feminine plural present active participle<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Salix, ut dicit Ysidorus, arbor est infructuosa, et dicitur salix eo quod cito salit, id est crescit. Arbor mollis est et inflexibilis, habilis vitibus vinciendis. Floret, sed non fructificat. Cuius florem si quis in cibum sumpserit, liberis carere dicitur. Platearius: Est autem hec arbor frigida et sicca. Cortex, flores et folia competunt medicine. Vim consolidandi… Continue reading De salice<\/span> Notes<\/h1>\n