sambucus
From LSJ
Ἀναξαγόρας δύο ἔλεγε διδασκαλίας εἶναι θανάτου, τόν τε πρὸ τοῦ γενέσθαι χρόνον καὶ τὸν ὕπνον → Anaxagoras used to say that we have two teachers for death: the time before we were born and sleep | Anaxagoras said that there are two rehearsals for death: the time before being born and sleep
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
sambūcus: (săbūcus, ap. Ser. Samm.), i, f.,
I an elder-tree, Plin. 16, 18, 30, § 74; 17, 20, 34, § 151 al.; Ser. Samm. 7, 100; 19, 337; 27, 503 al.—Hence, sambū-cum, i, n., the fruit of the elder, elder-berries, Scrib. Comp. 160.
sambūcus: i, m. sambuca,
I he who plays on the sambuca, Mart. Cap. 9, § 924.
