gentiana

Ὥσπερ αὐτοῦ τοῦ ἡλίου μὴ ὄντος καυστικοῦ, ἀλλ' οὔσης ζωτικῆς καὶ ζωοποιοῦ θέρμης ἐν αὐτῷ καὶ ἀπλήκτου, ὁ ἀὴρ παθητικῶς δέχεται τὸ ἀπ' αὐτοῦ ϕῶς καὶ καυστικῶς· οὕτως οὖν ἁρμονίας οὔσης ἐν αὐτοῖς τινὸς καὶ ἑτέρου εἴδους ϕωνῆς ἡμεῖς παθητικῶς ἀκούομεν → Just as although the Sun itself does not cause burning but has a heat in it that is life-giving, life-engendering, and mild, the air receives light from it by being affected and burned, so also although there is a certain harmony and a different kind of voice in them, we hear it by being affected.

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

gentĭāna: ae, f.,
I the herb gentian (called after an Illyrian king, Gentius), Plin. 25, 7, 34, § 71; Scrib. Comp. 167; 170; 176.

gentĭāna, æ, f., gentiane [plante] : Plin. 25, 71.

gentiāna, ae, f., die Pflanze Enzian, Plin. 25, 71. Scrib. Larg. 167: gentiana radix, Cels. 5, 23, 3. Plin. 25, 100.