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Οὐ γὰρ ἀργίας ὤνιον ἡ ὑγίεια καὶ ἀπραξίας, ἅ γε δὴ μέγιστα κακῶν ταῖς νόσοις πρόσεστι, καὶ οὐδὲν διαφέρει τοῦ τὰ ὄμματα τῷ μὴ διαβλέπειν καὶ τὴν φωνὴν τῷ μὴ φθέγγεσθαι φυλάττοντος ὁ τὴν ὑγίειαν ἀχρηστίᾳ καὶ ἡσυχίᾳ σῴζειν οἰόμενος → For health is not to be purchased by idleness and inactivity, which are the greatest evils attendant on sickness, and the man who thinks to conserve his health by uselessness and ease does not differ from him who guards his eyes by not seeing, and his voice by not speaking
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|lshtext=<b>grāmen</b>: ĭnis, n. Sanscr. [[root]] gar-, to [[swallow]]; Gr. βορ- in [[βιβρώσκω]], [[βορά]] | |lshtext=<b>grāmen</b>: ĭnis, n. Sanscr. [[root]] gar-, to [[swallow]]; Gr. βορ- in [[βιβρώσκω]], [[βορά]]; Lat. -vorus, in [[carnivorus]], vorare, etc.; [[hence]], [[fuller]] [[root]] gras-; Gr. [[γράστις]]; Lat. grāmen for gras-men; cf. Germ. Gras; Engl. [[grass]],<br /><b>I</b> [[grass]] (cf.: [[herba]], [[faenum]], [[cespes]], [[glaeba]]).<br /> <b>(a)</b> Sing.: prostrati in gramine molli, Lucr. 2, 29; 5, 1392; Hor. Epod. 2, 24: [[cervus]] graminis [[immemor]], id. C. 1, 15, 30: aprici campi, id. A. P. 162: graminis [[herba]], a [[blade]] of [[grass]], Verg. E. 5, 26; Liv. 1, 24, 5: floreum, [[flowery]] [[turf]], Mart. 9, 91, 1: generosum, Juv. 12, 40: [[quocumque]] de gramine ([[equus]]), [[pasture]], id. 8, 60.—<br /> <b>(b)</b> Plur.: tondere gramina, Lucr. 2, 660; Hor. C. 4, 7, 1; 4, 1, 39; Verg. E. 10, 29; id. G. 1, 56; 2, 200 et saep.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf., a [[plant]], [[herb]].<br /> <b>A</b> In gen.: ignobile cerinthae, Verg. G. 4, 63: Indum, Indian [[aromatic]] herbs, Stat. S. 2, 1, 187; cf.: Arabum de gramine odores, Prop. 2, 29 (3, 27), 17; Quint. 5, 8, 1: non [[illa]] feris incognita capris Gramina (i. e. dictamnus), Verg. A. 12, 415: [[neve]] [[parum]] valeant a se [[data]] gramina, Ov. M. 7, 137 (for [[which]]: accepit cantatas herbas, id. ib. 7, 98).—<br /> <b>B</b> In partic., [[dog]]'s-[[grass]], [[couch]]-[[grass]], Plin. 24, 19, 118, § 178 sq. | ||
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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
grāmen: ĭnis, n. Sanscr. root gar-, to swallow; Gr. βορ- in βιβρώσκω, βορά; Lat. -vorus, in carnivorus, vorare, etc.; hence, fuller root gras-; Gr. γράστις; Lat. grāmen for gras-men; cf. Germ. Gras; Engl. grass,
I grass (cf.: herba, faenum, cespes, glaeba).
(a) Sing.: prostrati in gramine molli, Lucr. 2, 29; 5, 1392; Hor. Epod. 2, 24: cervus graminis immemor, id. C. 1, 15, 30: aprici campi, id. A. P. 162: graminis herba, a blade of grass, Verg. E. 5, 26; Liv. 1, 24, 5: floreum, flowery turf, Mart. 9, 91, 1: generosum, Juv. 12, 40: quocumque de gramine (equus), pasture, id. 8, 60.—
(b) Plur.: tondere gramina, Lucr. 2, 660; Hor. C. 4, 7, 1; 4, 1, 39; Verg. E. 10, 29; id. G. 1, 56; 2, 200 et saep.—
II Transf., a plant, herb.
A In gen.: ignobile cerinthae, Verg. G. 4, 63: Indum, Indian aromatic herbs, Stat. S. 2, 1, 187; cf.: Arabum de gramine odores, Prop. 2, 29 (3, 27), 17; Quint. 5, 8, 1: non illa feris incognita capris Gramina (i. e. dictamnus), Verg. A. 12, 415: neve parum valeant a se data gramina, Ov. M. 7, 137 (for which: accepit cantatas herbas, id. ib. 7, 98).—
B In partic., dog's-grass, couch-grass, Plin. 24, 19, 118, § 178 sq.
