bombax
From LSJ
Ἀναξαγόρας δύο ἔλεγε διδασκαλίας εἶναι θανάτου, τόν τε πρὸ τοῦ γενέσθαι χρόνον καὶ τὸν ὕπνον → Anaxagoras used to say that we have two teachers for death: the time before we were born and sleep | Anaxagoras said that there are two rehearsals for death: the time before being born and sleep
Latin > English
bombax INTERJ :: Splendid! Marvelous!
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
bombax: interj., = βομβάξ (v. Eustath. Od. p. 1718, a), an exclamation of real or affected surprise,
I indeed! strange! Ca. Fur. Ba. Babae. Ps. Fugitive. Ba. Bombax, Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 131 Lambin.
Latin > German (Georges)
bombax, Interi. (βομβάξ), Ausdr. der (wirklichen od. spöttischen) Verwunderung, ei der Tausend! potz Blitz! Plaut. Pseud. 365.
