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|lshtext=<b>menta</b>: ([[mentha]]), ae, f., = μίντη,<br /><b>I</b> [[mint]], acc. to the [[myth]], so called from Menthe or Minthe, a [[nymph]] [[who]] [[was]] changed by [[Proserpine]] [[into]] this [[plant]], Ov. M. 10, 729; 8, 663; Plin. 19, 8, 47, § 159: [[ructatrix]], Mart. 10, 48, 10: [[serpens]], Col. poët. 10, 119. —Prov.: decimatis mentham et rutam et omne [[olus]], et praeteritis judicium, i. e. [[carefully]] [[attend]] to trifles and [[neglect]] [[weighty]] matters, Vulg. Luc. 11, 42; id. Matt. 23, 23. | |lshtext=<b>menta</b>: ([[mentha]]), ae, f., = μίντη,<br /><b>I</b> [[mint]], acc. to the [[myth]], so called from Menthe or Minthe, a [[nymph]] [[who]] [[was]] changed by [[Proserpine]] [[into]] this [[plant]], Ov. M. 10, 729; 8, 663; Plin. 19, 8, 47, § 159: [[ructatrix]], Mart. 10, 48, 10: [[serpens]], Col. poët. 10, 119. —Prov.: decimatis mentham et rutam et omne [[olus]], et praeteritis judicium, i. e. [[carefully]] [[attend]] to trifles and [[neglect]] [[weighty]] matters, Vulg. Luc. 11, 42; id. Matt. 23, 23. | ||
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|gf=<b>menta</b>¹⁶ <b>([[mentha]])</b>, æ, f. (μίνθη), menthe [herbe] : [[Cato]] Agr. 119 ; [[Varro]] L. 5, 103 ; Ov. M. 10, 729 ; Plin. 19, 159 ; Mart. 10, 48, 10. | |||
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Revision as of 06:58, 14 August 2017
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
menta: (mentha), ae, f., = μίντη,
I mint, acc. to the myth, so called from Menthe or Minthe, a nymph who was changed by Proserpine into this plant, Ov. M. 10, 729; 8, 663; Plin. 19, 8, 47, § 159: ructatrix, Mart. 10, 48, 10: serpens, Col. poët. 10, 119. —Prov.: decimatis mentham et rutam et omne olus, et praeteritis judicium, i. e. carefully attend to trifles and neglect weighty matters, Vulg. Luc. 11, 42; id. Matt. 23, 23.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
menta¹⁶ (mentha), æ, f. (μίνθη), menthe [herbe] : Cato Agr. 119 ; Varro L. 5, 103 ; Ov. M. 10, 729 ; Plin. 19, 159 ; Mart. 10, 48, 10.
