Taxonomic history:
   1753: Linnaeus described this species as Salvia horminum in Species Plantarum, 1st ed., p. 24.
   today: The current name for this species is Salvia viridis L.

original Latin diagnosis
Salvia foliis obtusis crenatis, bracteis summis sterilibus majoribus coloratis.

English translation
Salvia with leaf blades obtuse [and] crenate; [and] with bracts, [the] uppermost [ones] sterile [and] the larger colored.

English translation with commentary

Salvia	Salvia
with leaf blades	foliis - ablative plural of second declension neuter noun folium, folii
obtuse	obtusis - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective obtusus, -a, -um; modifies foliis
[and]	[added for smoother reading]
crenate;	crenatis - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective crenatus, -a, -um; modifies foliis
[and]	[added for smoother reading]
with bracts	bracteis - ablative plural of first declension feminine noun bractea, -ae
[the] uppermost [ones]	summis - ablative plural feminine of superlative degree of group A adjective superus, -a, -um; modifies bracteis
sterile	sterilibus - ablative plural feminine of group B adjective sterilis, -is, -e; modifies bracteis
[and]	[added for smoother reading]
the larger	majoribus - ablative plural feminine of comparative degree of group A adjective magnus, -a, -um; agrees with bracteis
colored.	coloratis - ablative plural feminine of perfect passive participle of first conjugation verb coloro, -are, -avi, -atum; modifies bracteis