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Ἓν οἶδα, ὅτι οὐδὲν οἶδα → I know only one thing, that I know nothing | all I know is that I know nothing.

Diogenes Laertius, Lives of the Philosophers, Book 2 sec. 32.

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

asphŏdĕlus: (-ĭlus, Pall. 1, 37, 2), i, m., = ἀσφόδελος,
I the asphodel, a kind of lily-shaped plant with many tubercles at the root: Asphodelus ramosus, Linn.; Plin. 21, 17, 68, § 108 sqq. (acc. to Isid. Orig. 17, 9, 84, in pure Lat., albutium).

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

asphŏdĕlus, ī, m. (ἀσφόδελος), asphodèle ou ache royale : Plin. 12, 31 ; 21, 108 || -dĭlus M. Emp. 15, 35.

Latin > German (Georges)

asphodelus u. (selten) -ilus, ī, m. (ἀσφόδελος), Asphodill, Asphodillwurz (Asphodelus ramosus, L., nach Scribon. 254 u. Ps. Apul. herb. 33 rein lat. astula regia, nach Isid. 17, 9, 84 rein lat. albutium), Col. 9, 4, 4. Plin. 12, 31; 21, 108 u.a. Gell. 18, 2, 13 (wo asphodelum): asphodil., Pallad. 1, 37, 2.