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152 THE MEDICAL LANGUAGE OF ST. LUKE. [paut i.
* crvKajmivoQ. 6. "And the Lord said, If ye had faith as
a grain of mustard seed, ye might say unto this sycaiidne tree
(r^ (rvKafxivM), Be thou plucked up by the
planted in the sea ;
and it should obey you."
root, and be thou
* avKOfiopia. Luke, xix. 4 :
" And he ran before, and
climbed up into a sycomore tree {im avKOfxopiav) to see him :
for he was to pass that way."
St. Luke distinguishes between the mulberry tree {gvkclfiivog)
and the fig-mulberry {avKOfxopia). This distinction
was not always made : even the LXX. call the fig-mulberry
avKafxivoQ. Dioscorides notices this confusion of names.
Mat. Med. i. 181 : avKOfiopov tvioi c\ Ka\ tovto (rvKafxivov
Xijovai. A physician would readily make the distinction,
as both were used medicinally, and are frequently prescribed
in the medical writers. Dioscor. Mat. Med. i. 180, 181,
states their medical uses : Trepi fxopiaq— fiopia rj avKUfiivia
civdpeov tori jvwpipov, r/c o Kapirog Xvtikoq KOi\iag, tv(l>Oap-
TOQ, KaKoerropaxog, \yX6Q iiprtOaig St ev xaXKwpaTi rj rfXiaaOHg
(TTVTTTlKWTSpOQ JlViTat, piJiVTOQ Si aVTOV oXlJOV ptXlTOQ TTOltL
TTpbg pevpara teat vo/xag kuI TrapiaOpia (pXeypaivovTU. 6 0£ Trig
pi^rig (pXoibg (TVVE\pr]deig vdari Koi TToOtig KOiXiav Xvti kcu
TrXaTiTav sXpivOa iKTivcKrati koi roXg ukovitov TreTrojKOcn j3oi)0a,
Tct El ^vXXa Xila avv IXalo) KaTaTrXacrOevra TrepiKavara larai, &C.
TTEpi ^VKopopov— avKopopov Sivdpov di 1(tti ptya, opotov
Ttj (TVKy, TToXv^vXov CT^oSpa, To7g (pvXXoig ioiKog popia,—
iari ot, iVKoiXiog u KupTrbg, arpocpog, KaKoaropa^og— cvvapiv
Si t^£i 6 oirog paXaKTiKi)v, ko\Xi]Tiki)v Tpavparwv, SiacpoprjTiKrjv
t{1)v SvaTriirTiov TrivETai Si kcu uvy^piiTUL TTpbg ipireTiov Sriypara
KOI laKippwpevovg (nrXrivag, (TTopaxov n aXyi)paTa kol (ppiKiag.
Gralen also gives the medicinal properties of both trees.
De Facul. Aliment, ii. 11: vrcpi (rvKapivutv ii koi p.6pa aaXovai.
Do. ii. 35 : Trspl (jvKopopwv.
20. " And when he was demanded of the Pharisees,
when the kingdom of God should come, he answered them
and said, The kingdom of God cometh not with
{piTu irapaT)]p{\Gi.wg)
observation''