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λέγεις, ἃ δὲ λέγεις ἕνεκα τοῦ λαβεῖν λέγεις → you speak, but you say what you say for the sake of gain (Menander, fr. 776)

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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

smīlax: ăcis, f., = σμῖλαξ>.
I Bindweed, withwind, rough smilax: Smilax aspera, Linn.; Plin. 16, 35, 63, § 153; 24, 10, 49, § 82.—Hence Smilax personified, a maiden who was changed into this herb, Ov. M. 4, 283.—
II The yew-tree, Plin. 16, 10, 20, § 51. —
III A kind of oak, Plin. 16, 6, 8, § 19.