odocos

Gaulish

FWOTD – 30 June 2021

Unknown.

odocos m

dwarf elder, danewort (kind of tree)
- c. 400, Marcellus Empiricus, De medicamentis (in Latin), 7:13:
  Herba, quae Graece acte, Latine ebulum, Gallice odocos dicitur, exprimitur etiam cum suis granis, eiusque suco cotidie inlito pectine crines, qui inficiendi sunt, perducuntur.
  The herb which is called in Greek ἀκτή (aktḗ), Latin ebulum, Gallic odocos, is pressed out with its grains, and in its sap one combs spoiled hair daily.

declension of odocos (Transalpine)

¹ early forms, ² late forms