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ἀλεξίκακε τρισέληνε, μηδέποθ' ἡττηθείς, σήμερον ἐξετάθης → averter of woes, offspring of three nights, thou, who never didst suffer defeat, art to-day laid low

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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

alum: (hal-), n., or alus, i, f.,
I a plant.
I Comfrey: Symphytum officinale, Linn.; Plin. 27, 6, 24, § 41; 26, 7, 26, § 42; App. Herb. 59.—
II A kind of garlic, Plin. 19, 6, 34, § 116.