antirrhinon

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αἱ μέν ἀποφάσεις ἐπί τῶν θείων ἀληθεῖς, αἱ δέ καταφάσεις ἀνάρμοστοι τῇ κρυφιότητι τῶν ἀποῤῥήτων → as concerns the things of the gods, negative pronouncements are true, but positive ones are inadequate to their hidden character

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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

antirrhīnon: (-um), i, n., = ἀντίρρινον>; also ănarrhīnon, i, n., = ἀνἀρρινον,
I a plant, wild lion's-mouth: Antirrhinum Orontium, Linn.: antirrhinum, Plin. 25, 10, 80, § 129 Jan; cf. App. Herb. 86.