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''Malvaviscus'' is a combination of ''malva'' + (''e'')''viscus''. It occurs first in Isidore of Seville’s ''Etymologiae'', book XVII, De rebus rusticis, section: ''de herbis aromaticis'' ix,75 [[http://archive.org/stream/isidori01isiduoft#page/n698/mode/1up]]: ''Althaea malva agrestis, sive malvaviscus sed althaea, quod in altum surgit, …''  "''Althea'', the wild ''malva'' {"mallow"} is also called ''malvaviscus''..."
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''Malvaviscus'' is a combination of ''malva'' + (''e'')''viscus''. It occurs first in Isidore of Seville’s ''Etymologiae'', book XVII, ''De rebus rusticis'', section: ''de herbis aromaticis'' ix,75 [[http://archive.org/stream/isidori01isiduoft#page/n698/mode/1up]]: ''Althaea malva agrestis, sive malvaviscus sed althaea, quod in altum surgit, …''  "''Althea'', the wild ''malva'' {"mallow"} is also called ''malvaviscus''..."
  
 
According to André (1981 - liber XVII of the ''Etymologiae'', p. 205 - ''Eviscus'' was seen as related to ''viscum''/ ''viscus'' "mistletoe; birdlime made of mistletoe" because it has a glutinous root, and to distinguish it from other ''malvae'' {"mallows"} it was given the epithet ''malva eviscus'' > ''malvaviscus'', and in that form it joined other synonyms of ''Althae officinalis'' L., "common marshmallow", like the above-mentioned ''malva agrestis'', and others like ''malva silvatica''  {lit. "wood mallow"} or ''malva asinina'' {lit. "donkey’s mallow"}.
 
According to André (1981 - liber XVII of the ''Etymologiae'', p. 205 - ''Eviscus'' was seen as related to ''viscum''/ ''viscus'' "mistletoe; birdlime made of mistletoe" because it has a glutinous root, and to distinguish it from other ''malvae'' {"mallows"} it was given the epithet ''malva eviscus'' > ''malvaviscus'', and in that form it joined other synonyms of ''Althae officinalis'' L., "common marshmallow", like the above-mentioned ''malva agrestis'', and others like ''malva silvatica''  {lit. "wood mallow"} or ''malva asinina'' {lit. "donkey’s mallow"}.

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Malvaviscus a multis altea dicitur et Macer agrestem malvam vocat.


Apparatus:

In mss. efp the text of this entry is appended to the text of the entry Malva.
{Malvaviscus} a | ab ms. j
althea B fp | altea AC ej
agrestem malvam | m.a. f
uocat | vocant (-cãt C) AC


Translation:

Malvaviscus is called altea by many and Macer calls it agrestis malva {i.e. "wild mallow"}.


Commentary and botanical remarks:

Simon quotes Macer Floridus, p.43, IX. ALTHAEA [[1]]
366: Althaeam malvae speciem
368: Hanc {sc. althaeam} ipsam dicunt Eviscum, quod quasi visco
369: Illius radix contrita madere videtur
"Althaea is a kind of malva ….// This plant is also called eviscus, because it is similar to viscus {"birdlime"}// its root appears to drip when pounded".

Malvaviscus:
Malvaviscus is a combination of malva + (e)viscus. It occurs first in Isidore of Seville’s Etymologiae, book XVII, De rebus rusticis, section: de herbis aromaticis ix,75 [[2]]: Althaea malva agrestis, sive malvaviscus sed althaea, quod in altum surgit, … "Althea, the wild malva {"mallow"} is also called malvaviscus..."

According to André (1981 - liber XVII of the Etymologiae, p. 205 - Eviscus was seen as related to viscum/ viscus "mistletoe; birdlime made of mistletoe" because it has a glutinous root, and to distinguish it from other malvae {"mallows"} it was given the epithet malva eviscus > malvaviscus, and in that form it joined other synonyms of Althae officinalis L., "common marshmallow", like the above-mentioned malva agrestis, and others like malva silvatica {lit. "wood mallow"} or malva asinina {lit. "donkey’s mallow"}.

WilfGunther (talk) 10:06, 29 September 2015 (BST)


See also: Althea, Malva, Eviscus

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