anchusa
From LSJ
λίγεια μινύρεται θαμίζουσα μάλιστ' ἀηδών → the sweet-voiced nightingale mourns constantly, the sweet-voiced nightingale most loves to warble
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
anchūsa: ae, f., = ἄγχουσα,
I a plant used as a cosmetic, ox-tongue: Anchusa tinctoria, Linn.; Plin. 22, 20, 23, § 48.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
anchūsa (ancūsa Gloss.), æ, f. (ἄγχουσα), orcanète [plante employée comme cosmétique] : Plin. 22, 48.
Latin > German (Georges)
anchūsa, ae, f. (ἄγχουσα), eine Pflanze, die färbende Ochsenzunge (Anchusa tinctoria, L.), deren Wurzel zur Rotfärberei verwandt wurde, Plin. 22, 48 sqq. Cael. Aur. chron. 3, 5, 74 u. 4, 8, 127. Pelag. vet. 26. – eine andere Pflanze b. Plin. 27, 59.
Latin > English
anchusa anchusae N F :: Dyer's bugloss (Anchusa tinctoria) (alkanet) or similar plant (ox-tongue)
