βύσσος
From LSJ
Δεῖ τοὺς μὲν εἶναι δυστυχεῖς, τοὺς δ' εὐτυχεῖς → Aliis necesse est bene sit, aliis sit male → Die einen trifft das Unglück, andere das Glück
English (LSJ)
ἡ,
A flax, and the linen made from it, Emp.93, Theoc.2.73, etc.; used of perennial flax, Linum angustifolium, grown in Elis, Paus.6.26.6, and of Linum usitatissimum, = λίνον Ἑβραίων, Id.5.5.2; also, in later writers, of Indian cotton, Gossypium herbaceum, Poll. 7.76, Philostr.VA2.20; and of silk, τὰ Σηρικὰ ἔκ τινων φλοιῶν ξαινουένης βύσσου Str.15.1.20.
