ἀλθαία
Οὐ γὰρ ἀργίας ὤνιον ἡ ὑγίεια καὶ ἀπραξίας, ἅ γε δὴ μέγιστα κακῶν ταῖς νόσοις πρόσεστι, καὶ οὐδὲν διαφέρει τοῦ τὰ ὄμματα τῷ μὴ διαβλέπειν καὶ τὴν φωνὴν τῷ μὴ φθέγγεσθαι φυλάττοντος ὁ τὴν ὑγίειαν ἀχρηστίᾳ καὶ ἡσυχίᾳ σῴζειν οἰόμενος → For health is not to be purchased by idleness and inactivity, which are the greatest evils attendant on sickness, and the man who thinks to conserve his health by uselessness and ease does not differ from him who guards his eyes by not seeing, and his voice by not speaking
English (LSJ)
ἡ,
A marsh mallow, Althaea officinalis, Thphr.HP9.15.5, Aret.CA1.6.
2 = δενδρομαλάχη (tree mallow, Lavatera arborea), Gal.12.67.
3 = ὠκιμοειδές (catchfly, Silene gallica), Ps.Dsc.4.28. (For ἀλθαιᾶτις, ἡ, EM63.12, ἀλθαία τις should be read.)
German (Pape)
[Seite 95] ἡ, wilde Malve, Theophr.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἀλθαία: ἡ, ἑλώδης μαλάχη, «νερομολόχα», μαλάχη ἀγρία, Θεοφρ. Ἱ. Φ. 9. 15, 5: - ὡς κύρ. ὄνομα, Ἰλ. Ι. 555.
Spanish (DGE)
-ας, ἡ
bot.
1 malvavisco, Althaea officinalis L., Thphr.HP 9.15.5, 9.18.1, Aret.CA 1.4.10, 1.6.7, Plin.HN 20.222, Ps.Dsc.3.146, Ps.Apul.Herb.38.16, cf. EM α 835, Gloss.2.225.
2 malva arbórea, Lavatera arborea L., Gal.12.67.
3 quizá carmelitilla, Silene gallica L., Ps.Dsc.4.28.
• Etimología: Cf. ἀλθαίνω prob. por su valor curativo.