anchusa
Παρθένε, ἐν ἀκροπόλει Τελεσῖνος ἄγαλμ' ἀνέθηκεν, Κήττιος, ᾧ χαίρουσα, διδοίης ἄλλο ἀναθεῖναι → O Virgin goddess, Telesinos from the deme of Kettos has set up a statue on the Acropolis. If you are pleased with it, please grant that he set up another
Latin > English
anchusa anchusae N F :: Dyer's bugloss (Anchusa tinctoria) (alkanet) or similar plant (ox-tongue)
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.
