aloe
From LSJ
Καλὸν δὲ καὶ γέροντι μανθάνειν σοφά → Addiscere aliquid digna res etiam seni → Auch einem Greis ist etwas Weises lernen Zier
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
ălŏē: ēs, f. (n. in Veg. Art. Vet. 1, 14. 5; 1, 45, 5), = ἀλόη,
I the aloe, Plin. 27, 4, 5; used as a medicine, Cels 1, 3; 2, 12; as a perfume, Vulg. Prov. 7, 17; ib Cant. 4, 14; in embalming, ib. Joan. 19, 39.—On accouns of its bitterness, trop.: plus aloës quam mellis habet, * Juv. 6, 180.
