malva
Ubi idem et maximus et honestissimus amor est, aliquando praestat morte jungi, quam vita distrahi → Where indeed the greatest and most honourable love exists, it is much better to be joined by death, than separated by life.
Latin > English
malva malvae N F :: mallow-plant
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.
Latin > German (Georges)
malva, ae, f. (μαλάχη, v. μαλακός), die Malve, bei den Alten offizinell als gelindes Abführungsmittel, Plin. 20, 222 sqq. Cic. ep. 7, 26, 2. Hor. carm. 1, 31, 16. Ov. fast. 4, 697. Mart. 3, 89, 1: vulg. Nbf. malba, Edict Diocl. 6. no. 5 u. 6.