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Ποιητὴς, ὁπόταν ἐν τῷ τρίποδι τῆς Μούσης καθίζηται, τότε οὐκ ἔμφρων ἐστίν → Whenever a poet is seated on the Muses' tripod, he is not in his senses

Plato, Laws, 719c

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

carpăsum: i, n., = κάρπασον,
I a plant with narcotic juice, Dig. 39, 4, 16, § 7; Col. 10, 17; the same, called carpăthĭum, Plin. 32, 5, 20, § 58.