asphaltion
From LSJ
Θέλομεν καλῶς ζῆν πάντες, ἀλλ' οὐ δυνάμεθα → Bene vivere omnes volumus, at non possumus → Gut leben wollen wir alle, doch wir können es nicht
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
asphaltĭon: ii, n., = ἀσφάλτιον,
I a kind of clover with long leaves, and of the odor of asphaltum; among the Gr. μινύανθες, prob. the common bituminous clover: Psoralea bituminosa, Linn.; Plin. 21, 9, 30, § 54 (in Col. 6, 17, 2, written as Greek).
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
asphaltĭŏn, ĭī, n. (ἀσφάλτιον), psoralée bitumineuse [plante] : Plin. 21, 54.
