amylum
μή, φίλα ψυχά, βίον ἀθάνατον σπεῦδε, τὰν δ' ἔμπρακτον ἄντλει μαχανάν → Oh! my soul do not aspire to eternal life, but exhaust the limits of the possible. | Do not yearn, O my soul, for immortal life! Use to the utmost the skill that is yours. | Do not, my soul, strive for the life of the immortals, but exhaust the practical means at your disposal.
Latin > English
amylum amyli N N :: fine meal; starch; gruel
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
ămylum: or ămŭlum, i, n., = ἄμυλον,
I starch, Cato, R. R. 87; Cels. 2, 20; Plin. 18, 7, 17, § 76.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
ămўlum, ī, n. (ἄμυλον), amidon, empois : Plin. 18, 76 || ămŏlum Isid. Orig. 20, 2, 19.
Latin > German (Georges)
amylum u. (altlat.) amulum u. (spätlat.) amollum, ī, n. (ἄμυλον, nicht gemahlen), das Kraftmehl, Amelmehl, die Stärke, amul. b. Cato r.r. 87: amyl. bei Cels. 2, 20. Scrib. 27. Plin. 18, 76: amol. bei Apic. 2, 51 u. 8, 332. Isid. 20, 2, 19.
