σάμψυχον
From LSJ
οὐ δικαίως θάνατον ἔχθουσιν βροτοί, ὅσπερ μέγιστον ῥῦμα τῶν πολλῶν κακῶν → unjustly men hate death, which is the greatest defence against their many ills | men are not right in hating death, which is the greatest succour from our many ills
German (Pape)
[Seite 860] τό, ausländischer Name einer wohlriechenden Pflanze, sonst ἀμάρακος; Diosc., vgl. Ath. XV, 681 b; Mel. 1, 11 (IV, 1); ἴα καὶ σάμψυχα, Ep. ad. 705 (App. 120); Paus. 9, 28.
