asphodelus
ἐπεὰν νῶτον ὑὸς δελεάσῃ περὶ ἄγκιστρον, μετιεῖ ἐς μέσον τὸν ποταμόν, ὁ κροκόδειλος ἵεται κατὰ τὴν φωνήν, ἐντυχὼν δὲ τῷ νώτῳ καταπίνει → when he has baited a hog's back onto a hook, he throws it into the middle of the river, ... the crocodile lunges toward the voice of a squealing piglet, and having come upon the hogback, swallows it
Latin > English
asphodelus asphodeli N M :: asphodel (Asphodelus ramosus)
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
asphŏdĕlus: (-ĭlus, Pall. 1, 37, 2), i, m., = ἀσφόδελος,
I the asphodel, a kind of lily-shaped plant with many tubercles at the root: Asphodelus ramosus, Linn.; Plin. 21, 17, 68, § 108 sqq. (acc. to Isid. Orig. 17, 9, 84, in pure Lat., albutium).
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
asphŏdĕlus, ī, m. (ἀσφόδελος), asphodèle ou ache royale : Plin. 12, 31 ; 21, 108 || -dĭlus M. Emp. 15, 35.
Latin > German (Georges)
asphodelus u. (selten) -ilus, ī, m. (ἀσφόδελος), Asphodill, Asphodillwurz (Asphodelus ramosus, L., nach Scribon. 254 u. Ps. Apul. herb. 33 rein lat. astula regia, nach Isid. 17, 9, 84 rein lat. albutium), Col. 9, 4, 4. Plin. 12, 31; 21, 108 u.a. Gell. 18, 2, 13 (wo asphodelum): asphodil., Pallad. 1, 37, 2.
