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Ὁ δ' ἀνεξέταστος βίος οὐ βιωτὸς ἀνθρώπῳ → The unexamined life is not worth living

Plato, Apology of Socrates 38a

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

chărăcĭas: ae, m., = χαρακίας>.
I Eit for making poles or stakes: calamus, a kind of reed, Plin. 16, 36, 66, § 168.—
II A name of a plant, wolf's-milk, Plin. 26, 8, 39, § 62; called also chărăcītes, ae, m., Plin. 26, 11, 73, § 119; 26, 14, 87, § 146.