pentafilon (s.xiii2/4)

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pentafilon (s.xiii2/4)

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[ FEW: 8,206b pente; Gdf: 6,88a pentafilon; GdfC: ; TL: ; DEAF:  pentafilon; DMF:  pentafilon; TLF: ; OED: ; MED:  penta-filon n.; DMLBS: 2182b pentaphyllon ]
pentaphilon  
Latin; Greek

Ultimately from Greek πενταφυλον.

s.

1bot.creeping cinquefoil, Potentilla reptans (plant with compound leaves consisting of five leaflets)
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  Et li doigne om autre ewe, c'est asavoir l'ewe de la decoction des escorchis capparis, filipendule, et pentafilon  i 234
( s.xiii2; MS: c.1400 )  Quinquefolium, pentaphilon idem, gallice quintefoil (var. (B: s.xv1) quintfoil), anglice fivelevedgras  152.16
( c.1300; MS: s.xivm )  Nitafilon: pentafilon, quintefoille  390.355
( c.1300; MS: s.xivm )  Khamisworket: pentafilon  405.542
( c.1300; MS: s.xivin )  Le ters jor aprés donét ly ceste decoction: r[ecevét] [...] succi plantaginis libram unam, virge pastoris, memithe, cameleonte, quinquenervie, pentafilon ana manipulum unum  ii 173.149
cincfoille  quinquefoille  quintefoille 
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