asphodelus
πενία μόνα τὰς τέχνας ἐγείρει → poverty alone promotes skilled work, necessity is the mother of invention, necessity is the mother of all invention, poverty is the mother of invention, out of necessity comes invention, out of necessity came invention, frugality is the mother of invention
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
asphŏdĕlus: (-ĭlus, Pall. 1, 37, 2), i, m., = ἀσφόδελος,
I the asphodel, a kind of lily-shaped plant with many tubercles at the root: Asphodelus ramosus, Linn.; Plin. 21, 17, 68, § 108 sqq. (acc. to Isid. Orig. 17, 9, 84, in pure Lat., albutium).
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
asphŏdĕlus, ī, m. (ἀσφόδελος), asphodèle ou ache royale : Plin. 12, 31 ; 21, 108 || -dĭlus M. Emp. 15, 35.
Latin > German (Georges)
asphodelus u. (selten) -ilus, ī, m. (ἀσφόδελος), Asphodill, Asphodillwurz (Asphodelus ramosus, L., nach Scribon. 254 u. Ps. Apul. herb. 33 rein lat. astula regia, nach Isid. 17, 9, 84 rein lat. albutium), Col. 9, 4, 4. Plin. 12, 31; 21, 108 u.a. Gell. 18, 2, 13 (wo asphodelum): asphodil., Pallad. 1, 37, 2.
Latin > English
asphodelus asphodeli N M :: asphodel (Asphodelus ramosus)
