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Ἀναβάντα γὰρ εἰς τὴν ἀκρόπολιν, καὶ διὰ τὴν ὑπερβολὴν τῆς λύπης προσκόψαντα τῷ ζῆν, ἑαυτὸν κατακρημνίσαι → For he ascended the acropolis and then, because he was disgusted with life by reason of his excessive grief, cast himself down the height

Diodorus Siculus, 4.61.7

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

drăcontĭum: ii, n., = δρακόντιον,
I dragon-wort, Arum dracunculus, Linn.; Plin. 24, 16, 91, § 142; called also dracontia radix, Veg. 5, 66, 1.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

drăcontĭum (-ŏn), īī, n. (δρακόντιον), serpentaire [plante]: Plin. 24, 142.