英语词汇herba sacra的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	herba sacra
词源	herba sacra. Vervain (Verbena officinalis), the herba sacra or “divine weed” of the Romans, who believed that, among other things, it cured the bites of rabid animals, arrested the progress of snakebite, cured the plague and scrofula, reconciled enemies, and warded off witches. The Romans so esteemed vervain that they held annual feasts called Verbenalia in its honor. Ambas- sadors in ancient times wore vervain as a badge of good faith.
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