propolis

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οὐκ ἐπ' ἄρτῳ μόνῳ ζήσεται ἄνθρωπος → man will not live by bread alone (Matthew 4:4, Luke 4:4)

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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

prŏpŏlis: is, f., = πρόπολις>,
I the third foundation in making honey, a gummy substance with which the bees close the crevices of their hives, bee-glue, propolis: propolin vocant, quod apes faciunt ad foramen introitus protectum in alvum, maxime aestate, Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 23: prima fundamenta comosin vocant periti, secunda pissoceron, tertia propolin, Plin. 11, 7, 6, § 16; 22, 24, 50, § 107; Gell. 5, 3, 4.