Dacian |
English |
Botanical |
Notes |
Adila |
- Bistort
- Arum
|
- Persicaria bistorta, also classified as Polygonum bistorta
- Arum maculatum
|
- ^ primary source for this meaning as yet unidentified
- ^ Herb., 14
|
Amalusta, Amolusta , Amulusta |
Chamomile |
Matricaria recutita or Anthemis tinctoria |
^ Herb. 23; possibly related to Albanian ëmbël, ambël "sweet".[1] *lustu appears as a proto-Celtic word for "plant".[2] |
Aniarsexe, Aniassexie |
Sainfoin a.k.a. Cock's Head |
Onobrychis caput galii |
Aprus |
Gladwin Iris |
Iris foetidissima |
Arpopria, Arborria |
Climbing Ivy |
Hedera helix |
Asa |
Coltsfoot |
Tussilago farfara |
also a Bessian plant name. |
Aurumetti, Aurimetellum |
Cranesbill a.k.a. Crow's Foot, Wild Geranium ? |
Geranium sylvaticum or Ranunculus serdous? |
MM 2.175, Herb. 67 |
Azila |
Hound's Tongue |
Cynoglossum |
Probably a variant of Usazila (see below) |
Bles, Blis |
Purple Amaranth |
Amaranthus blitum |
Budalla, Budama, Budathala, Budathla |
Anchusa |
Anchusa italica |
Caropithla, Karopithla |
- Yellow Serradella
- Common Polypody
|
- Ornithopus compressus
- Polypodium vulgare
|
Cercer, Cerceraphron, Kerker, Kerkeraphron |
Pimpernel |
Anagallis |
Chodela, Khodela |
Ground Pine |
Lycopodium (Lycopodium clavatum or Lycopodium annotitum / Lycopodium dubium?) |
Cinouboila, Cinuboila, Kinouboila, Kinuboila |
- Wild Pumpkin
- White Bryony.
- White Grape
|
- Cucurbita foetidissima
- Bryonia alba
- Vitis
|
a compound of kinu "dog" and oboila "apple", akin to Lithuanian šúnobuolas "wild pumpkin", Thracian dinupula, sinupyla "id", Albanian thënukël "dogberry"[3] |
Coadama, Koadama |
Pondweed |
Potamogeton zosteraefolium |
Coicolida, Koikolida |
Nightshade |
Atropa belladonna |
the first element koiko means "one-eyed" or "blind", and is akin to Latin caecus "blind", Irish caoch "one-eyed", Goth haihs "one-eyed", Sanskrit kekara "squint-eyed" |
Cotiata, Kotiata |
Switchgrass |
Panicum dactylum |
also refers to genus Agropyron? |
Courionnecum, Couriounnecum, Curiounnecum, Kourionnekoum |
Arum |
Arum |
Coustane, Croustane, Crustane, Custane, Koustane, Kroustane, Krustane, Kustane |
Greater celandine or Lesser celandine |
Chelidonium majus or Ranunculus ficaria |
Cycolis, Kykolis |
Groundcherry or Ashwagandha |
Physalis sp. or Withania somnifera |
Dacina, Dakina |
- Beet
- False helleborine
|
- Beta vulgaris
- Veratrum nigrum
|
the Moesian name for these plants was Mendruta (see below) |
Dicotella |
White Bryony |
Bryonia alba |
Dielina, Dielleina, Diellena |
Henbane |
Hyoscyamos niger |
Diesapter |
Mullein |
Verbascum |
Diessathel |
Wavyleaf Mullein |
Verbascum sinuatum |
from IE *diwes-sētlo; where the second element meant "sieve" (cf. Old Norse sáld "sieve", Welsh hidl "strainer", Lithuanian sėkla "seed", Greek ēthein "to strain", Old Church Slavonic sito)[4] |
Diesema |
Mullein |
Verbascum |
from IE *diyes eusmn. "burning sky" (cf. Latin dies "day", Greek heúein "to burn", Albanian diell "sun") and similar to German Himmelbrand "mullein", literally "burning heavens".[5] |
Diodela, Duodela, Duodella, Ziodela |
- Yarrow?
- Chamomile
- Sweet Marjoram
|
- Achillea millefolium?
- Matricaria recutita
- Origanum majorana
|
Dracontos |
Rosemary |
Rosmarinus officinalis |
Dokela |
Bugle |
Ajuga iva |
Dyn |
Nettle |
Urtica |
Ebustrone |
Lesser celandine |
Ranunculus ficaria |
From Pseudo-Apuleis |
Gonoleta, Gouoleta, Guoleta, Guolete |
Gromwell |
Lithospermum tenuiflorum |
Consumed as an oral contraceptive |
Hormea, Hormia |
Annual Clary |
Salvia horminum |
Lax |
Purslane |
Portulaca oleracea |
Used as a laxative |
Manteia, Mantia |
Woolly Blackberry |
Rubus tomentosus |
Mendruta |
- Beet
- False Helleborine
|
- Beta vulgaris
- Veratrum nigrum
|
Actually, a Moesian plant name |
Mizela, Mizila, Mozula, Mouzula |
Thyme |
Thymus |
Nemenepsa |
Ground Pine |
Lycopodium |
Olma |
Dwarf elder, Danewort |
Sambucus ebulus |
Parithia, Parthia |
Dog's Tooth Grass |
Cynodon ? |
Pegrina |
White Bryony |
Bryonia alba |
Phithophthethela |
Maidenhair fern |
Adiantum |
Polpum |
Dill |
Anethum graveolens |
Priadela, Priadila |
White Bryony or Black Bryony |
Bryonia alba or Tamus communis |
Probedula, Procedila , Propedila, Propedula, Propodila |
Creeping Cinquefoil |
Potentilla reptans |
^ Procedila< Prokedila, probably a scribal error for *Probedila, a graphic confusion between β/κ being rather common in Greek manuscripts. Compare to the Gaulish name for this plant, Pempedula (five-leaved). |
Prodiarna, Prodiorna |
Black Hellebore |
Helleborus niger |
Rathibida |
Italian Aster |
Aster amellus |
Riborasta |
Burdock |
Arctium |
Salia |
- Anise
- Stinking Tutsan
|
- Pimpinella tragium
- Hypericum hircunum
|
Seba |
Elderberry |
Sambucus |
Skiare |
Wild Teasel |
Dipsacus sylvestris or Dipsacus fullonum |
Skinpoax, Sipoax, Spioax |
Broadleaf Plantain |
Plantago major |
Sikupnoex, Sikupnux |
Eryngo |
Eryngium campestre |
Stirsozila |
Centaury |
Centaurium erythraea, formerly classified as Erythraea centaurium |
from Pseudo-Apuleis |
Tanidila |
Catmint |
Nepeta |
Teudila |
Peppermint or Horsemint or Calamint? |
Mentha x piperita or Mentha sylvestris or Calamintha? |
Troutrastra, Trutrastra, Tutrastra |
- Pumpkin
- Colocynth
|
- Cucurbita
- Citrullus colocynthis
|
Toulbela, Tulbela |
Centaury |
Centaurium erythraea |
Usazila |
Hound's Tongue |
Cynoglossum |
Probably a variant of Azila (see above) |
Zena |
Poison Hemlock |
Conium maculatum |
Zired |
Redstem Wormwood |
Artemisia scoparia |
Zououster, Zuste, Zuuster |
Wormwood |
Artemisia arborescens or campestris |