I.pertaining to the swallow: “lapilli,” found in the crop of young swallows, swallow-stone, Plin. 11, 37, 79, § 203: “ficus,” a particular reddish species of fig, Col. 10, 415; Plin. 15, 18, 19, § 71: “gemma,” Plin. 37, 10, 56, § 154.—
B. Subst.: chĕlīdŏnĭa , ae, f. (sc. herba): Chelidonium majus, Linn.; swallowwort, celandine, Plin. 25, 8, 50, §§ 89 and 90; also herba chelidoniae in Ser. Samm. 37, 699.
