Hi, I've been working through a Medieval/Early Modern Latin text and can't find a translation for this word: "olothryus". Around it he talks about jellyfish and sponges but other than that I'm having a hard time. Actually, if I could get a translation of the full sentence "His eadem quae frutiei inest natura, perinde ac spongiis, vrticis, stellis, & olothyris" that would be great. (Also I was thinking that "stellis" might refer to starfish?)
Could it mean seaweed? With "thyrsus" meaning the stalk or stem of a plant or leafy vine and "oleo" meaning musty or stinky? That might be a stretch, I don't know.
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