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Κάλλιστον ἐν κήποισι φύεται ῥόδον → Pulchrius in hortis gignitur nihil rosa → Die Rose ist das Schönste, was im Garten wächst

Menander, Monostichoi, 286

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

cī̆trum: i, n. id.,
I the wood of the citrus, q. v., citrus-wood, Plin. 16, 43, 84, § 231.—
   2    Meton., the household furniture, esp. tables, made of it (very costly), Cato ap. Fest. p. 242, 21 Müll.; Vell. 2, 56, 2; Mart. 9, 59, 10; 10, 98, 6; 10, 80, 2; cf. citrus, I.