casia
συνερκτικός γάρ ἐστι καὶ περαντικός, καὶ γνωμοτυπικὸς καὶ σαφὴς καὶ κρουστικός, καταληπτικός τ' ἄριστα τοῦ θορυβητικοῦ → he's intimidative, penetrative, aphoristically originative, clear and aggressive, and superlatively terminative of the obstreperative
Latin > English
casia casiae N F :: cinnamon (Cinnamomum tree/bark/spice); aromatic shrub (mezereon or marjoram?)
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
căsĭa: (rarely cassia, e. g. Pall. Oct. 14, 13; Veg. 6, 13, 3 and 4), ae, f., = κασία or κασσία.
I A tree with an aromatic bark, similar to cinnamon, prob. the wild cinnamon: Laurus cassia, Linn.; Plin. 12, 19, 42, § 85, and 12, 19, 43, § 95 sq.; Verg. G. 2, 466; Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 6; Cels. 5, 23, 1 and 2; Scrib. Comp. 93; 125 al.—
II A fragrant, shrub-like plant, mexereon, also called cneoron or thymelaea, q. v., Plin. 21, 9, 29, § 53; 21, 12, 41, § 70; Verg. E. 2, 49; id. G. 2, 213; 4, 30; 4, 182; Ov. F. 4, 440; Mart. 10, 97, 2.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
căsĭa,¹³ æ, f. (κασία),
1 cannelier, laurus cassia : Plin. 12, 85 ; Pl. Curc. 103
2 daphné [plante] : Virg. G. 2, 213.
Latin > German (Georges)
casia, ae, f. (κασία), I) ein Baum mit einer wohlriechenden, würzigen Rinde, wahrsch. der wilde od. Mutterzimt (Laurus Cassia, L.), Plaut., Verg., Cels. u.a. (vgl. Voß Verg. georg. 2, 446): casiae rufae fistula, weil die Rinde zu einer Röhre zusammenläuft, Scrib. 36. – II) ein wohlriechendes Staudengewächs, sonst cneoron od. thymelaea gen., wohlriechender Seidelbast, Zeiland (Daphne Cneorum, L.), Verg. u. Plin.; vgl. Voß Verg. ecl. 2, 49.
