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Ἐν μυρίοισι τὰ καλὰ γίγνεται πόνοις → Magni est laboris, quicquid est pulchri uspiam → Das Schöne formt in tausendfältgen Mühen sich

Menander, Monostichoi, 176

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

mēcon: ōnis, f., = μήκων,
I a sort of poppy: tertium genus est tithymalon, mecona vocant, Plin. 20, 19, 80, § 209; App. Herb. 53; 91.