calcifraga

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τῷ οὖν τόξῳ ὄνομα βίος, ἔργον δὲ θάνατος → the bow is called life, but its work is death (Heraclitus)

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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

calcĭfrăga: ae, f. 2. calx-frango,
I an herb said to be a remedy for the stone, perh. hartstongue: Asplenium scolopendrium, Linn.; Plin. 27, 9, 51, § 75; Scrib. Comp. 150; 153; cf. Dioscorid. 3, 151.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

calcĭfrăga, æ, f. (calx, frango), perce-pierre [herbe] : Plin. 27, 75.

Latin > German (Georges)

calcifraga, ae, f. (2. calx u. frango), eine den Blasenstein zermalmende Pflanze, sonst empetros gen., viell. Hirschzunge (Asplenium Scolopendrium, L.), Plin. 27, 75.

Latin > English

calcifraga calcifragae N F :: rock-plant (empetros); unknown plant (removes bladder stones); (haristongue?)