aloe

Latin > English

aloe aloes N F :: aloe plant (Aloe vera); thickened aloe juice (as purgative); bitterness

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

ălŏē: ēs, f. (n. in Veg. Art. Vet. 1, 14. 5; 1, 45, 5), = ἀλόη,
I the aloe, Plin. 27, 4, 5; used as a medicine, Cels 1, 3; 2, 12; as a perfume, Vulg. Prov. 7, 17; ib Cant. 4, 14; in embalming, ib. Joan. 19, 39.—On accouns of its bitterness, trop.: plus aloës quam mellis habet, * Juv. 6, 180.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

ălŏē,¹⁶ ēs, f. (ἀλόη), aloès [plante] : Cels. Med. 1, 3 ; Plin. 27, 14 ; Vulg. Prov. 7, 17 || [fig.] amertume : Juv. 6, 181.

Latin > German (Georges)

aloē, ēs, f. (ἀλόη), die Aloe, Cels. u. Plin.: Indica, Scribon.: Gallica, Ps. Apul. herb. – im Bilde, wegen ihrer Bitterkeit, plus aloes quam mellis habet, Iuven. 6, 181. – / Spät. Nbf. aloa, ae, f., Isid. 17, 8, 9.

Latin > Chinese

aloe, es. f. :: 象胆。苦蘆薈。— lignum 沉 香。茄南香。Plus aloes quam mellis habet 苦多甜少。