styrax
From LSJ
δι' ἐρημίας πολεμίων πορευόμενος → he marched on without finding any enemy, his route lay through a country bare of enemies
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
styrax: (stŏrax, Sol. 33 med.; Isid. Orig. 17, 8, 5), ăcis, m., = στύραξ>,
I a tree; and also the resinous gum of that tree, storax, Plin. 12, 25, 55, § 125; 24, 6, 15, § 24; Verg. Cir. 167.—Hence, styrăcĭnus, a, um, of or made from storax: oleum, Cael. Aur. Tard. 2, 7.