melanthium
From LSJ
δι' ἐρημίας πολεμίων πορευόμενος → he marched on without finding any enemy, his route lay through a country bare of enemies
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
mĕlanthĭum: (-on), ii, n., = μελάνθιον,
I the plant gith, cultivated fennel-flower: gith e Graecis alii melanthion, alii melaspermon, vocant, Plin. 20, 17, 71, § 182; Col. poët. 10, 245; also chamomile, Plin. 22, 21, 26, § 53.—Called also mĕlanthum, Ser. Samm. 30.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
(1) mĕlanthĭum,¹⁶ ĭī, n., c. melanspermon : Cato Agr. 102 ; Plin. 20, 182. melanthum Samm. 574.
