althaea
From LSJ
τίς δ' οἶδεν εἰ τὸ ζῆν μέν ἐστι κατθανεῖν, τὸ κατθανεῖν δὲ ζῆν κάτω νομίζεται → who knows if life is death, and if in the underworld death is considered life
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
althaea: ae, f., = ἀλθαία,
I wild mallows, marsh-mallows, = hibiscum; Althaea officinalis, Linn.; Plin. 20, 21, 84, § 222; Pall. Oct. 14, 11; App. Herb. 38.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
(1) althæa, æ, f., guimauve [plante] : Plin. 20, 222.
Latin > German (Georges)
(1) althaea1 (althēa), ae, f. (ἀλθαία), die wilde Malve, der gemeine Eibisch (Althaea officinalis, L.), Plin. 20, 222. Isid. 17, 9, 75. Ps. Apul. herb. 39: hibiscus, quam althean vocant, Cael. Aur. chron. 1, 1, 13.
