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pentaphyllon

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Ἀναβάντα γὰρ εἰς τὴν ἀκρόπολιν, καὶ διὰ τὴν ὑπερβολὴν τῆς λύπης προσκόψαντα τῷ ζῆν, ἑαυτὸν κατακρημνίσαι → For he ascended the acropolis and then, because he was disgusted with life by reason of his excessive grief, cast himself down the height

Diodorus Siculus, 4.61.7

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

pentăphyllon: i, n., = πεντάφυλλον>, i. q. quinquefolium and pentapetes,
I five-leaved grass, cinque-foil, Plin. 25, 9, 62, § 109; App. Herb. 2.