Sagapenum \Sag`a*pe"num\, n. [L. sagapenon, sacopenium, Gr. ?:
cf. F. sagapin, gomme sagapin, sagap['e]num, Ar. sikb[=i]naj,
Per. sakb[=i]nah, sikb[=i]nah.]
(Med.)
A fetid gum resin obtained from a species of Ferula. It has
been used in hysteria, etc., but is now seldom met with. --U.
S. Disp.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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Ferula \Fer"u*la\, n. [L. ferula giant fennel (its stalks were
used in punishing schoolboys), rod, whip, fr. ferire to
strike; akin to OHG. berjan, Icel. berja. Cf. Ferule.]
1. A ferule. [Obs.]
--Beau. & Fl.
2. The imperial scepter in the Byzantine or Eastern Empire.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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