Middle English Dictionary Entry
ameos n.
Entry Info
| Forms | ameos n. Also amis, amee. |
| Etymology | ML, from Gr. ámmi, gen. ámmeōs. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A plant of the genus Ammi; bishop's-weed.
Associated quotations
- [ a1400 Alphita (SeldArch B.35)8 : Ameos agreste, similis fraxinarie; anglice, wodewhisgle. ]
- [ a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)212/17 : Carui, ameos, apij. ]
- c1465(?1373) *Lelamour Macer (Sln 5)5a : Ameos called Amys ys an erbe well y like to elrynn in levus.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)73b/a : Stille in þe eye water of ameos [*Ch.(2): wilde þistel].
- ?c1425 *Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)156a/a : Of Ameos i. þe sede of wode þistel.
- ?a1450 Agnus Castus (Stockh 10.90)127/20 : Amieos..an herbe men clepe amiyis [vr. amee]..sedyth as it were perselye.
- c1450 Burg.Practica (Rwl D.251)204/1 : Powder off ameos.