characias
Ἔοικα γοῦν τούτου γε σμικρῷ τινι αὐτῷ τούτῳ σοφώτερος εἶναι, ὅτι ἃ μὴ οἶδα οὐδὲ οἴομαι εἰδέναι → I seem, then, in just this little thing to be wiser than this man at any rate, that what I do not know I do not think I know either
Latin > English
characias characiae N M :: reed for props/stakes; kind of spurge (wood spurge?); plant, wolf's-milk
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
chărăcĭas: ae, m., = χαρακίας.
I Eit for making poles or stakes: calamus, a kind of reed, Plin. 16, 36, 66, § 168.—
II A name of a plant, wolf's-milk, Plin. 26, 8, 39, § 62; called also chărăcītes, ae, m., Plin. 26, 11, 73, § 119; 26, 14, 87, § 146.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
chărăcĭās, æ, acc. ān, m. (χαρακίας),
1 sorte de roseau plus épais et plus solide : Plin. 16, 168
2 espèce d’euphorbe [plante] : Plin. 26, 62.
Latin > German (Georges)
characiās, ae. Akk. ān, m. (χαρακίας), I) zu Pfählen dienlich, Pfahl-, calamus, Plin. 16, 168. – II) Beiname der Wolfsmilch, Plin. 26, 62 u.a.
