anchusa
From LSJ
αὐτὸν κέκρουκας τὸν βατῆρα τοῦ λόγου → you have struck the very threshold of the argument, you have struck the most important and chiefmost point
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
anchūsa: ae, f., = ἄγχουσα,
I a plant used as a cosmetic, ox-tongue: Anchusa tinctoria, Linn.; Plin. 22, 20, 23, § 48.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
anchūsa (ancūsa Gloss.), æ, f. (ἄγχουσα), orcanète [plante employée comme cosmétique] : Plin. 22, 48.
Latin > German (Georges)
anchūsa, ae, f. (ἄγχουσα), eine Pflanze, die färbende Ochsenzunge (Anchusa tinctoria, L.), deren Wurzel zur Rotfärberei verwandt wurde, Plin. 22, 48 sqq. Cael. Aur. chron. 3, 5, 74 u. 4, 8, 127. Pelag. vet. 26. – eine andere Pflanze b. Plin. 27, 59.
Latin > English
anchusa anchusae N F :: Dyer's bugloss (Anchusa tinctoria) (alkanet) or similar plant (ox-tongue)
