nasturtium
From LSJ
Ἴσον ἐστὶν ὀργῇ καὶ θάλασσα καὶ γυνή → Mulier et mare sunt isdem plane moribus → In ihrem Naturell sind Frau und Meerflut gleich
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
nasturtĭum: ii, n. nasi-tortium,
I a kind of cress: nasturtium nomen accepit a narium tormento, Plin. 19, 8, 44, § 155; cf. id. 20, 13, 50, § 127: (Persas) negat Xenophon ad panem adhibere quicquam praeter nasturtium, Cic. Tusc. 5, 34, 99; poet. in <number opt="n">plur.</number>, Verg. M. 84; Col. poët. 10, 231.
