alaternus

ἀπορράπτειν τὸ Φιλίππου στόμα ὁλοσχοίνῳ ἀβρόχῳ → sew up Philip's mouth with an unsoaked rush, stop Philip's mouth with an unsoaked rush, shut one's mouth without any trouble

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

ălăternus: i, f. perh. akin to Germ. Erle; Engl. alder,
I a shrub: Rhamnus Alaternus, Linn.; Col. 7, 6; Plin. 16, 26, 45, § 108. >