Ubi idem et maximus et honestissimus amor est, aliquando praestat morte jungi, quam vita distrahi → Where indeed the greatest and most honourable love exists, it is much better to be joined by death, than separated by life.
cŏtĭnus: i, m.,
I a shrub that furnishes a purple color: Rhus cotinus, Linn.; Plin. 16, 18, 30, § 73.