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Θεοὶ μὲν γὰρ μελλόντων, ἄνθρωποι δὲ γιγνομένων, σοφοὶ δὲ προσιόντων αἰσθάνονται → Because gods perceive future things, men what is happening now, but wise men perceive approaching things

Philostratus, Life of Apollonius of Tyana, VIII, 7

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

myrīcē: ēs, or myrīca, ae, f., = μυρίκη,
I the tamarisk, a kind of shrub, Plin. 13, 21, 37, § 116; 24, 9, 41, § 67.—Prov., to signify something impossible: pinguia corticibus sudent electra myricae, Verg. E. 8, 54.

Latin > German (Georges)

myrīcē, ēs, f. u. myrīca, ae, f. (μυρίκη), die französische od. welsche Tamariske, ein am Wasser wachsendes strauchartiges Gewächs, mit bitterer Rinde, schwachen Zweigen u. kleinen Blättern (Tamarix gallica. L.), Plin. nat. hist. 1. ind. libr. 24. c. 41. Plin. 13, 116 u. 24, 67. Vulg. Ierem. 17, 6 u. 48, 6: Plur., Verg. ecl. 4, 2. Ov. art. am. 3, 691; met. 10, 97. – pinguia corticibus sudent electra myricae, zur Bezeichnung des Widernatürlichen, Verg. ecl. 8, 54: ebenso si quis idem sperat, iacturas poma myricas speret, Ov. art. am. 1, 747.

Latin > English

myrice myrices N F :: tamarisk; (evergreen bush/shrub/tree)