malva
Ῥίζα γὰρ πάντων τῶν κακῶν ἐστιν ἡ φιλαργυρία → Root of all the evils is the love of money (Radix omnium malorum est cupiditas)
Latin > English
malva malvae N F :: mallow-plant
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
malva: ae, f. μαλάχη,
I mallows: in magnis laudibus malva est utraque, et sativa, et silvestris. Duo genera earum amplitudine folii discernuntur: majorem Graeci malopen vocant in sativis. Alteram ab emoliendo ventre dictam putant malachen, etc., Plin. 20, 21, 84, § 222; Cic. Fam. 7, 26, 2; Mart. 10, 48, 7.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
malva,¹⁴ æ, f., mauve [plante] : Cic. Fam. 7, 26, 2 ; Plin. 20, 222 ; Hor. O. 1, 31, 16.
Latin > German (Georges)
malva, ae, f. (μαλάχη, v. μαλακός), die Malve, bei den Alten offizinell als gelindes Abführungsmittel, Plin. 20, 222 sqq. Cic. ep. 7, 26, 2. Hor. carm. 1, 31, 16. Ov. fast. 4, 697. Mart. 3, 89, 1: vulg. Nbf. malba, Edict Diocl. 6. no. 5 u. 6.
