stratiotes
From LSJ
ἡ δὲ γεωργία πέττει καὶ ἐνεργὸν ποιεῖ τὴν τροφήν → tillage brings to maturity and calls into action the nutritive properties of the soil
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
strătĭōtes: ae, m., = στρατιώτης,
I a water-plant; either the aloe-leaved watersoldier: Stratiotes aloides, Linn.; or the great duck-weed: Pistia stratiotes, Linn.; Plin. 24, 18, 105, § 169.—Called also stră-tĭōtĭcē, App. Herb. 88.
