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Λύπης ἰατρός ἐστιν ἀνθρώποις λόγος – For men reason is a healer of grief – Für Menschen ist der Trauer Arzt allein das WortMaeroris unica medicina oratio.

Menander, Sententiae, 452

Frisk Etymological English

Grammatical information: f.
Meaning: vetch, vicia sativa (Gal.)
Other forms: βικίον n.
Origin: LW [a loanword which is (probably) not of Pre-Greek origin] Lat.
Etymology: From Latin vicia.