acetum

How to use acetum in a sentence

• Digitalis to be taken every night for six nights, and a saline draught with forty drops of acetum scillit.

  An Account of the Foxglove and some of its Medical Uses | William Withering

• And Horace, in a well-known phrase, speaks of Italum acetum, which the scholiast renders by 'Romana mordacitas'.

  The Oxford Book of Latin Verse | Various

• The word occurs often in a sense in which acetum is the best representative, associated with verjuice and vinegar.

  Notes and Queries, Number 73, March 22, 1851 | Various

• An acetum digitalis is officinal in the Netherlands and Germany; an extract and infusion are also used to some extent.

  Poisons: Their Effects and Detection | Alexander Wynter Blyth

• In no writer is the Italum acetum found in so undiluted a sort.

  The Oxford Book of Latin Verse | Various