watery fluid contained in the olive in addition to oil (vs. solid residue)
Latin word, found 29 times in the texts on Socratos.
Vergil, Georgics 1.194: et nitro prius et nigra perfundere amurca,
Cato the Elder, De agricultura 1·21: … pratum vel in hortum vel in segetem. caprinum, ovillum, bubulum, item ceterum stercus omne sedulo conservato. amurcam spargas vel inriges ad arbores: circum capita maiora amphoras, ad minora urnas cum aquae dimidio addito, abla …
All forms of amurca