λῆδον
From LSJ
Ubi idem et maximus et honestissimus amor est, aliquando praestat morte jungi, quam vita distrahi → Where indeed the greatest and most honourable love exists, it is much better to be joined by death, than separated by life.
English (LSJ)
τό,
A shrub from which the gum λήδανον exudes, Cistus cyprius, Dsc.1.97, Plin.HN26.47.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
λῆδον: τό, θάμνος τις τῆς Ἀνατολῆς, ἕτερον εἶδος κίστου, μακρότερα δὲ τὰ φύλλα ἔχει καὶ μελάντερα (πρβλ. σχῖνος), ἐξ οὗ γίνεται τὸ λεγόμενον λήδανον ἢ λάδανον, Cistus Creticus, Διοσκ. 1. 128, Πλιν. Ν. Η. 26. 30, 2· - περὶ τοῦ Θεοκρ. 21. 10, ἴδε ἐν λ. δέλεαρ. (Ἴδε κιννάμωμον).
