lapsana
Ζῆν οὐκ ἄξιος, ὅτῳ μηδὲ εἷς ἐστι χρηστὸς φίλος → Life is not worth living if you do not have at least one friend.
Latin > English
lapsana lapsanae N F :: charlock plant (Pliny)
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
lapsăna: (lampsăna), ae, f. (also lapsănium, ii, n., Hier. ap. Reg. S. Pachom. 52), = λαψάνη and λαμψάνη,
I an edible plant, charlock, Sinapis arvensis, Linn.; Plin. 20, 9, 37, § 96; Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 25; Cels. 2, 25.—Prov.: lapsanā vivere, to live on a meagre diet, Plin. 19, 8, 41, § 144.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
lapsăna, æ, f., Varro R. 3, 16, 25 ; Plin. 20, 96 ; lapsănĭum, ĭī, n., Hier. Reg. Pach. 52, sorte de chou sauvage.
Latin > German (Georges)
lapsana (in Hdschrn. auch lampsana), ae, f. (λαψάνη, λαμψάνη), eine eßbare Pflanze, der Ackersenf (Sinapis arvensis, L.), Varro r. r. 3, 16, 25. Colum. 12, 7, 1. Cels. 2, 25 u. 31. Plin. 20, 96: Plur., vulgares lapsanae, Colum. 9, 4, 5. – Sprichw., lapsanā vivere, sehr sparsam leben, Plin. 19, 144.
