proserpinaca
From LSJ
Λύπης ἰατρός ἐστιν ἀνθρώποις λόγος – For men reason is a healer of grief – Für Menschen ist der Trauer Arzt allein das Wort – Maeroris unica medicina oratio.
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
prōserpĭnāca: ae, f.,
I a plant, also called polygonon, Plin. 26, 4, 11, § 23; 27, 12, 104, § 127; App. Herb. 18.
