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ellĕbŏrīne (hell-), es, f., = ἑλλεβορίνη, a kind of hellebore, Plin. 13, 20, 35, § 114; id. 27, 9, 52, § 76.

ellĕbŏrismus, i, m., = ἑλλεβορισμός, a purgative made from hellebore: destillandus etiam elleborismus, Cael. Aur. Tard. 1, 4, 108.

ellebŏrītes (hell-), ae, m., = ἑλλεβορίτης, hellebore wine, Plin. 14, 16, 19, § 110.

ellĕbŏro (hell-) (no perf. nor sup.), are, v. a. [elleborus], to purify with hellebore, Cael. Aur. Tard. 4, 3, 77.

ellĕbŏrōsus (hell-), a, um, adj. [elleborus], in need of hellebore (i. e.), out of his senses: Gr. Quaeso, sanun es? Tr. Sum elleborosus. Gr. Ut ego cerritus, Plaut. Rud. 4, 3, 67.

ellĕbŏrus (hell-), i, m., and ellĕ-bŏrum (hell-), i, n., hellebore, in pure Lat. veratrum, a plant much used by the ancients as a remedy for mental diseases, epilepsy, etc.; the best grew on the island of Anticyra, in the Aegean Sea, Pl. 25, 5, 21; id. 25, 13, 94; Gell. 17, 15; Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 89; Verg. G. 3, 451; Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 137; Cels. 2, 13; Sen. Ep. 83, 25.