lotium
From LSJ
ὃν οὐ τύπτει λόγος οὐδὲ ῥάβδος → if words don't get through, neither a beating will | if the carrot doesn't work, the stick will not work either | whom words do not strike, neither does the rod
Latin > English
lotium loti(i) N N :: urine; (liquid for washing - urine used for bleaching); (rude/veterinary)
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
lōtĭum: ĭi, n.,
I urine: brassica alvum bonam facit lotiumque, Cato, R. R. 156; Suet. Vesp. 23.—Prov.: non valet lotium suum, of a good-for-nothing fellow, Petr. 57, 3.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
lōtĭum,¹² ĭī, n., urine : Cato Agr. 156 ; Suet. Vesp. 23.
Latin > German (Georges)
lōtium, iī, n., der Urin, Cato, Catull. u.a. – sprichw., non valet lotium suum, von einem schlechten Menschen, Petron. 57, 3.
