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Ὅστις γὰρ ἐν πολλοῖσιν ὡς ἐγὼ κακοῖς ζῇ, πῶς ὅδ' Οὐχὶ κατθανὼν κέρδος φέρει; → For one who lives amidst such evils as I do, how could it not be best to die?

Sophocles, Antigone, 464-5

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

vītex: ĭcis, f. Sanscr. vaja, twig; Gr. ἴτυς, rim; cf. Curt. Gr. Etym. p. 392,
I the chaste-tree, Abraham's balm: Vitex agnus castus, Linn.; Plin. 24, 9, 38, § 59.