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Νοεῖν γάρ ἐστι κρεῖττον καὶ σιγὴν ἔχειν → Bene iudicare maius est silentio → Klar denken ist ja besser und verschwiegen sein

Menander, Monostichoi, 370

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

drăcontĭum: ii, n., = δρακόντιον>,
I dragon-wort, Arum dracunculus, Linn.; Plin. 24, 16, 91, § 142; called also dracontia radix, Veg. 5, 66, 1.