melanthium
τὸ γὰρ πράττειν τοῦ λέγειν καὶ χειροτονεῖν ὕστερον ὂν τῇ τάξει, πρότερον τῇ δυνάμει καὶ κρεῖττόν ἐστιν (Demosthenes 3.15) → for action, even though posterior in the order of events to speaking and voting, is prior in importance and superior
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
mĕlanthĭum: (-on), ii, n., = μελάνθιον,
I the plant gith, cultivated fennel-flower: gith e Graecis alii melanthion, alii melaspermon, vocant, Plin. 20, 17, 71, § 182; Col. poët. 10, 245; also chamomile, Plin. 22, 21, 26, § 53.—Called also mĕlanthum, Ser. Samm. 30.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
(1) mĕlanthĭum,¹⁶ ĭī, n., c. melanspermon : Cato Agr. 102 ; Plin. 20, 182. melanthum Samm. 574.
Latin > German (Georges)
melanthium, iī, n. (μελάνθιον), I) = gith, römischer Schwarzkümmel, Cato r. r. 102. Plin. 20, 182 (wo cod. P Genet. melanthi). [[Ser.]] Samm. 574 (wo Nbf. melanthum): Plur., Colum. poët. 10, 245. – II) = anthemis, die Kamille, Plin. 22, 53.
