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τοῖς πράγμασιν γὰρ οὐχὶ θυμοῦσθαι χρεών· μέλει γὰρ αὐτοῖς οὐδέν· ἀλλ' οὑντυγχάνων τὰ πράγματ' ὀρθῶς ἂν τιθῇ, πράξει καλῶς → It does no good to rage at circumstance; events will take their course with no regard for us. But he who makes the best of those events he lights upon will not fare ill.

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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

mēcon: ōnis, f., = μήκων,
I a sort of poppy: tertium genus est tithymalon, mecona vocant, Plin. 20, 19, 80, § 209; App. Herb. 53; 91.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

mēcōn, ōnis, f. (μήκων), euphorbe maritime : Plin. 20, 209 || pavot : Ps. Apul. Herb. 53.