satyrion
(səˈtɪrɪən)
Forms: 5 saturioun, 6–7 satirion, 7 satyrian, saterion, 6– satyrion. Also 8 in L. form satyrium.
[a. L. satyrion, -um, a. Gr. σατύριον, f. σάτυρ-ος satyr, in allusion to the reputed aphrodisiac properties of the plant so named.]
A name given to various kinds of Orchis.
The name Satyrium has been given in botanical Latin to a sub-tropical orchidaceous genus.
| a 1400 Stockholm Med. MS. ii. 732 in Anglia XVIII. 325 Of dragans arn spycis iij..Bothe arn callyd saturioun. 1526 Grete Herball cccxci. (1529) X v, Satirion..groweth on hylles & playne feldes. 1548 Turner Names Herbes (E.D.S.) 70 The great Satyrion may be called in englishe whyte satyrion or great satyrion. 1597 Gerarde Herbal i. civ. 172 Red handed Satyrion is a smal lowe and base herbe. 1625 Bacon Ess., Gardens ¶1 The Sweet Satyrian, with the White Flower. 1681 Otway Soldier's Fort. v. (1735) 108 'Tis the root Satyrion, a very precious plant. 1731 Miller Gard. Dict., Orchis,..Satyrion, or Fool-Stones. 1752 J. Hill Hist. Plants 591 (Jod.) The undivided bulbed satyrium, with lanceolated leaves. 1844 Kitto Phys. Hist. Palestine vii. 241 Moon⁓trefoil; knapweed; satyrion. |
| attrib. 1637 Heywood Dial. xvi. 237 There nothing is to boot Between a Bean and a Satyrion root. 1661 Rabisha Cookery 220 To preserve Saterion roots. |