centunculus
From LSJ
ἀμήχανον δὲ παντὸς ἀνδρὸς ἐκμαθεῖν ψυχήν τε καὶ φρόνημα καὶ γνώμην, πρὶν ἂν ἀρχαῖς τε καὶ νόμοισιν ἐντριβὴς φανῇ → hard it is to learn the mind of any mortal or the heart, 'till he be tried in chief authority | it is impossible to know fully any man's character, will, or judgment, until he has been proved by the test of rule and law-giving
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
centuncŭlus: i, m.
dim. 1. cento.
I A small patch or patchwork, Sen. Ep. 80, 8; App. M. 1, p. 104 al.—
B Esp., a partycolored saddle-cloth, Liv. 7, 14, 7 Weissenb. —
II A plant, bind-weed, knotweed: Polygonum convolvulus, Linn.; Plin. 24, 15, 88, § 138; as fem., id. 26, 11, 66, § 105.
