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ID
https://clasp.ell.ox.ac.uk/poem/N.Medic.Aenig
Title
Medical Riddle
Language
Latin
Edited
G. Walter, in Archiv für Geschichte der Medizin 28 (1935), pp. 267-78; M. Lapidge in ASE 4 (1975), p. 104
Time
s. viii ?
Metre
hexameter
MSS
CUL Gg.5.35 (CaA, s. xi med), f. 422v; St Petersburg, NLR, F.v.VI.13, f. 39r
Bibliography
  • G. Walter, in Archiv für Geschichte der Medizin 28 (1935), pp. 267-78; M.L. Cameron, ‘The Sources of Medical Knowledge in Anglo-Saxon England’, ASE 11 (1982), pp. 135-55; (on the accompanying glosses) H. Stadler, ‘Neue Bruchstücke der Quaestiones Medicinales des Pseudo-Soranus’, Archiv für lateinische Lexikographie 14 (1906), pp. 361-8
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N.Medic.Aenig

N.Medic.Aenig 1. Dic duo que faciunt pronomina nomina cunctis; Dic duo que faciunt pronomina nomina cunctis;
ta: c, oa: dc, ha: Y, q: Q, qc: X
N.Medic.Aenig 2. omnia dic que sunt uerbi, que silliba signet: omnia dic que sunt uerbi, que silliba signet:
caesura pattern: 2m | 3m | 4m | 4d, fs: 3\2, sa: s, ca: s, ta: s, pa: cs, oa: s, ma: Y, pat: DSSS
N.Medic.Aenig 3. quid mininga, cimus, crassis? quid sterea, colis? quid mininga, cimus, crassis? quid sterea, colis?
fs: 3\2, ca: c, ta: c, pa: c, oa: c, ma: Y, pat: SDSS, q: X
N.Medic.Aenig 4. quid ris quidue farinx, nistis? quid glossa, geosis? quid ris quidue farinx, nistis? quid glossa, geosis?
caesura pattern: 2f | 3m | 4m | 4d, fs: 2\3, sa: g, ta: c, pa: cg, oa: cg, ma: Y, pat: SDSS
N.Medic.Aenig 5. quid flebs, hota, nefron, cistis, thessis, anathossis? quid flebs, hota, nefron, cistis, thessis, anathossis?
caesura pattern: 2f | 3m | 4m, fs: 2\4, pa: c, pat: SDSS
N.Medic.Aenig 6. quid trix, derma, pisis, neutis, hacmen, diliponta, quid trix, derma, pisis, neutis, hacmen, diliponta,
caesura pattern: 2f | 3m | 4m, fs: 2\4, ca: d, pa: d, ma: Y, pat: SDDS
N.Medic.Aenig 7. auxitis, gemoni, tacui, satrex, cacohesis? auxitis, gemoni, tacui, satrex, cacohesis?
caesura pattern: 2m | 3m | 4m, fs: 2\4, pat: SDDS
N.Medic.Aenig 8. ipsa quidem sed non eadem que te ipsa nec ipsa? ipsa quidem sed non eadem que te ipsa nec ipsa?
caesura pattern: 2m | 3m | 4m | 4d, fs: 1\2, ca: n, pa: cn, ma: Y, e: s, pat: DSDS
N.Medic.Aenig 9. sinon exposueris, indonatus abibis! sinon exposueris, indonatus abibis!
fs: 4\3, pat: SSDS, q: X