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Ποιητὴς, ὁπόταν ἐν τῷ τρίποδι τῆς Μούσης καθίζηται, τότε οὐκ ἔμφρων ἐστίν → Whenever a poet is seated on the Muses' tripod, he is not in his senses

Plato, Laws, 719c

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

malva: ae, f. μαλάχη,
I mallows: in magnis laudibus malva est utraque, et sativa, et silvestris. Duo genera earum amplitudine folii discernuntur: majorem Graeci malopen vocant in sativis. Alteram ab emoliendo ventre dictam putant malachen, etc., Plin. 20, 21, 84, § 222; Cic. Fam. 7, 26, 2; Mart. 10, 48, 7.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

malva,¹⁴ æ, f., mauve [plante] : Cic. Fam. 7, 26, 2 ; Plin. 20, 222 ; Hor. O. 1, 31, 16.