lama
From LSJ
σιγᾶν ἄμεινον ἢ λαλεῖν ἃ μὴ πρέπει → it's better to keep silence than to say what's not appropriate (Menander)
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
lāma: ae, f. (cf.: lacus, lacer).
I A slough, bog, fen: lacuna id est aquae collectio, quam alii lamam, alii lustrum, Paul. ex Fest. p. 117 Müll.: viribus uteris per clivos, flumina, lamas, Hor. Ep. 1, 13, 10.—
II A kind of mastic: Pistacia lentiscus, Linn.; Plin. 12, 17, 36, § 72 (al. lainam).
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
lāma,¹⁶ æ, f., fondrière, bourbier : P. Fest. 117, 8 ; Hor. Ep. 1, 13, 10.
Latin > German (Georges)
lāma, ae, f. (wahrsch. verwandt m. lacuna, lacus), die Lache = der Morast, Sumpf, Enn. ann. 568 u. 606. Hor. ep. 1, 13, 10; vgl. Paul. ex Fest. 117, 8.
