naphtha
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
naphtha naphthae N F :: naphtha
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
naphtha: (napthas, Sall. ap. Prob. Cathol. 1465 P.), ae, f., = ἡ νάφθα (collat. form of ὁ νάφθας),
I naphtha: similis (maithae) est natura naphthae: ita appellatur circa Babyloniam et in Astacenis Parthiae profluens bituminis liquidi modo, Plin. 2, 105, 109, § 235; id. 24, 17, 101, § 158; 35, 15, 51, § 179; Amm. 23, 6, 38 (called oleum incendiarium, Veg. Mil. 4, 8 and 18; and: oleum vivum, Grat. Cyn. 434).
Latin > German (Georges)
naphtha, ae, f. (νάφθα), Naphtha, ein feines Bergöl, Nom. bei Plin. 24, 158. Amm. 23, 6, 16: Genet. bei Plin. 2, 235: Akk. bei Plin. 35, 179. Amm. 23, 6, 38: Abl., Vulg. Dan. 3, 46. Prob. cath. 22, 22. – Nbf. naphthās, ae, m., Sall. nach Prob. cath. 22, 22.
Latin > Chinese
naphtha, ae. f. :: 純瀝淸
