Ubi idem et maximus et honestissimus amor est, aliquando praestat morte jungi, quam vita distrahi → Where indeed the greatest and most honourable love exists, it is much better to be joined by death, than separated by life.
sphagnos: i, m., = σφάγνος,
I a kind of fragrant moss, Plin. 12, 23, 50, § 108; 24, 6, 17, § 27.