saliunca

Definitiones

nard (plant or aromatic ointment)

declension-1, feminine

Aequivalentia

Exempla

“Lenta salix quantum pallenti cedit olivae, puniceis humilis quantum saliunca rosetis,”

As pliant willow bows before the pale olive tree, as the nard does before the rose so red, so, as I reckon, Amyntas yields to you.

“Illa quoque non omittenda differentia est, et odoratorum multa nihil adtinere ad coronamenta, ut irim atque saliuncam, quamquam nobilissimi odoris utramque.”

This distinction is too not to be overlooked, that many a fragrant flower is not to be used in garland-making, as for the iris and the nard, although either of them gives out an exquisite odor.

Gradus CEFR