Pes pulli
Pes pulli secundum Macrum vocatur portulaca suo capitulo.
Translation:
Pes pulli: this is what portulaca {"purslane"} is called according to Macer Floridus in his chapter "On Portulaca".
Commentary:
Simon is referring to Macer Floridus, De viribus herbarum, 19, ed. Choulant (1832: 59) PORTULACA [[1]], which begins with the following two verses:
748: Andrachne graece quae Portulaca latine
749: Dicitur, haec vulgi Pes pulli more vocatur.
- "Latin portulaca {'purslane'} in Greek is andrachne; but in folk language it is customarily called pes pulli {lit. 'chicken/foal's foot'}."
Botanical identification:
Latin pes pulli is the name for a number of plants, but here it is clearly seen as a synonym for portulaca.
WilfGunther (talk) 21:36, 27 October 2016 (BST)
For more information see Portulaca.
