ὑποκιστίς
From LSJ
Ὁ μὲν βίος βραχύς, ἡ δὲ τέχνη μακρή, ὁ δὲ καιρὸς ὀξύς, ἡ δὲ πεῖρα σφαλερή, ἡ δὲ κρίσις χαλεπή → Life is short, art long, opportunity fleeting, experience misleading and judgment difficult
English (LSJ)
ίδος, ἡ,
A hypocist, Cytinus Hypocisthis, Dsc.1.97 (v.l. -κισθίς), cf. Plin.HN26.49, Sor.1.50, Gal.8.114, 12.27.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ὑποκιστίς: -ίδος, ἡ, παρασιτικόν τι φυτὸν φυόμενον ἐπὶ τῶν ῥιζῶν τοῦ κίστου, Cytinus hypocistis, ου ὁ ὀπὸς ἦν ἐν χρήσει ἐν τῇ ἰατρικῇ, Διοσκ. 1. 127, Γαλην˙ περὶ τοῦ τύπου ἴδε Λοβεκ. Παθολ. 459.
