chamaecissos

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ὡς τρὶς ἂν παρ' ἀσπίδα στῆναι θέλοιμ' ἂν μᾶλλοντεκεῖν ἅπαξ → I would rather stand three times with a shield in battle than give birth once

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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

chămaecissŏs: i, f., = χαμαικισσος,
I ground-ivy: Glecoma hederacea, Linn.; Plin. 16, 34, 62, § 152; 24, 15, 84, § 135 (ā, Ser. Samm. 44, 799).—
II A kind of cyclaminus, Plin. 25, 9, 69, § 116.