git (also gith and gicti, acc. to Charis. p. 106 P.), indecl. n., a planc, called also melanthion and melanspermon, Roman coriander, Nigella sativa, Linn.; Plin. 20, 17, 71, § 182 sq.; 19, 8, 52, § 167 sq.; Cels. 2, 33; Col. 6, 34, 1; Scrib. Comp. 131 al.