Pladrosin
Pladrosin vocant greci stomaticam passionem scilicet reumatismum Cassius felix.
Apparatus:
Pladrosin ABC e | Pladrosiʒ f | pladarosin Cassius Felix
greci (gre- e) AC e | gŕ. B | greca f
stomaticam (-cã ef) C ef | stõaticã A | stõacã B | Stomachicam Cassius Felix
.s. reumatismuʒ e | .s. reũatismũ A | .s. reumatis͡m f | .s. reumatissimum C | reumatissmũ eius B
Translation:
Pladrosin is what the Greeks call a stomach disease, that is to say a reumatismum {"discharge or flux"} according to Cassius Felix.
Commentary:
πλαδάρωσις /pladárōsis/, accusative πλαδάρωσιν /pladárōsin/, means "becoming 'splashy', of the stomach" < πλαδαρόομαι /pladaróomai/ Pass. "to become soft and flabby".
Simon's entry alludes to Cassius Felix, De medicina, 42, 1, ed. Fraisse (2001: 108) Ad stomachi passiones {"On stomach diseases"}:
Stomachicam passionem veteres reumatismum stomachi dicunt sive humectationem, quam pladarosin vocant - "Our forefathers called a stomach disease a flux or watering of the stomach, which they call pladarosis".
Wilf Gunther 10/01/14
