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Menander, Monostichoi, 193

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

gentĭāna: ae, f.,
I the herb gentian (called after an Illyrian king, Gentius), Plin. 25, 7, 34, § 71; Scrib. Comp. 167; 170; 176.