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1 apium
apium ī, n [apis], parsley, with the fragrant leaves, V.: vivax, that long remains green, H.—A parsley wreath was the prize in the Isthmian and Nemean games, Iu.* * *Iwild celery; parsley; (garlands); (GEN apii OLD); like plants; (liked by bees)II -
2 apium
ăpĭum, ii, n. [apis], parsley, esp. liked by bees;an umbelliferous plant of several species (mountain-parsley, celery, etc.),
Plin. 19, 8, 37, § 123 sq. The leaves of one species (water-parsley, our celery, the Apium graveolens, Linn.), were often used by the ancients for garlands, on account of their strong fragrance, Verg. E. 6, 68 Voss., esp. in drinking-bouts:vivax,
that long remains green, Hor. C. 1, 36, 16; so id. ib. 2, 7, 24; 4, 11, 3 (cf. Theoc. 3, 23);and, among the Greeks, given as a prize to the victors in the Isthmian and Nemean games,
Juv. 8, 226; cf. Plin. 19, 8, 46, § 158; Juv. 8, 226; Hyg. Fab. 74. -
3 apiacius
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4 heleoselinon
hĕlēŏsĕlīnon or hĕlīŏsĕlīnum, i, n., = heleioselinon, smallage, celery, Apium graveolens, Linn.; Plin. 19, 8, 37, § 124; 20, 11, 46, § 117; Pall. Apr. 3.
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