Sagapenum

Sagapenum (Greek σᾰγάπηνον,¹ σικβινίτζα (Du Cange),² σεραπίων;³ Arabic sakbīnadj;⁴ Latin sagapenum,⁵ sagapium,³ seraphinum (Pharm. Witenbergica)²) is a historical plant from Media, identified with Ferula persica¹³ and Ferula szowitziana.⁴

History

Pliny (Historia Naturalis 12.126, 19.167, 20.197) holds that sagapenum is similar to ammoniacum, and mentions its use in adultering laser.⁵

According to Dioscorides (De materia medica 3.85, 95), sagapenum smells like silphium and galbanum, and has expectorant, topical, anti-convulsant, and abortifacient properties.⁶

References

Henry Liddell; Robert Scott, eds. (1897), "σᾰγάπηνον", Greek-English Lexicon (8th ed.), Harper & Brothers, p. 1371
Immanuel Löw (1881), Aramäische Pflanzennamen, Engelmann, p. 191
Bernhard Langkavel (1866), Botanik der späteren Griechen, Berggold, p. 40
A. Dietrich (1995), "ṢAMGH", The Encyclopaedia of Islam, vol. 8 (2nd ed.), Brill, pp. 1042–1043
"sagapēnum", Oxford Latin Dictionary, Oxford University Press, 1968, p. 1679
Dioscorides (1902), "Sagapenum", in Julius Berendes (ed.), De materia medica (PDF), PharmaWiki.ch, p. 192, archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-24, retrieved 2014-10-10

[liddell-1] Henry Liddell; Robert Scott, eds. (1897), "σᾰγάπηνον", Greek-English Lexicon (8th ed.), Harper & Brothers, p. 1371

[löw-2] Immanuel Löw (1881), Aramäische Pflanzennamen, Engelmann, p. 191

[langkavel-3] Bernhard Langkavel (1866), Botanik der späteren Griechen, Berggold, p. 40

[dietrich-4] A. Dietrich (1995), "ṢAMGH", The Encyclopaedia of Islam, vol. 8 (2nd ed.), Brill, pp. 1042–1043

[oxlat-5] "sagapēnum", Oxford Latin Dictionary, Oxford University Press, 1968, p. 1679

[berendes-6] Dioscorides (1902), "Sagapenum", in Julius Berendes (ed.), De materia medica (PDF), PharmaWiki.ch, p. 192, archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-24, retrieved 2014-10-10

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