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Λύπης ἰατρός ἐστιν ἀνθρώποις λόγος – For men reason is a healer of grief – Für Menschen ist der Trauer Arzt allein das WortMaeroris unica medicina oratio.

Menander, Sententiae, 452

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

vĭŏlācĕus: a, um, adj. viola, II.,
I violet-colored, violet: purpura, Nep. ap. Plin. 9, 39, 63, § 136: flos herbae, Plin. 22, 18, 21, § 47: gemma, id. 37, 10, 61, § 170.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

vĭŏlācĕus,¹⁶ a, um (viola), violet, de couleur violette : Plin. 22, 47 ; 37, 170.