thymbra
From LSJ
εἰ ἀποκρυπτόντων τῶν Μήδων τὸν ἥλιον ὑπὸ σκιῇ ἔσοιτο πρὸς αὐτοὺς ἡ μάχη καὶ οὐκ ἐν ἡλίῳ → if the Medes hid the sun, the battle would be to them in the shade and not in the sun
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
thymbra: ae, f., = θύμβρα,>
I a plant, savory: Satureia hortensis, Linn.; Plin. 19, 8, 50, § 165; Col. 9, 4, 6; 9, 10, 233; Verg. G. 4, 31; Stat. S. 1, 2, 21; Petr. 135.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
(1) thymbra,¹⁵ æ, f. (θύμβρα), sarriette [plante] : Virg. G. 4, 31 ; Col. Rust. 9, 4, 6 ; Plin. 19, 165.
Latin > German (Georges)
(1) thymbra1, ae, f. (θύμβρα), Saturei, ein Küchenkraut (Satureia hortensis, L.), Verg., Colum. u.a.: Plur., Petron. 135. § 8. v. 14.
Latin > English
thymbra thymbrae N F :: aromatic plant, perhaps Cretan thyme
