amylum

οὕτω τι βαθὺ καὶ μυστηριῶδες ἡ σιγὴ καὶ νηφάλιον, ἡ δὲ μέθη λάλον → silence is something profound and mysterious and sober, but drunkenness chatters

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

ămylum: or ămŭlum, i, n., = ἄμυλον,
I starch, Cato, R. R. 87; Cels. 2, 20; Plin. 18, 7, 17, § 76.