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Quibus enim nihil est in ipsis opis ad bene beateque vivendum → Every age is burdensome to those who have no means of living well and happily

Cicero, de Senectute

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

psīlōthrum: (-trum), i, n., = ψίλωθρον.
I An unguent for removing the hair and making the skin smooth, a depilatory, Plin. 24, 10, 47, § 79; 24, 9, 37, § 58; 32, 9, 47, § 135; Sen. Contr. 3, praef. 3; Mart. 6, 93, 9.—
II A plant, called also ampeloleuce, Plin. 23, 1, 16, § 21.