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Λύπης ἰατρός ἐστιν ἀνθρώποις λόγος – For men reason is a healer of grief – Für Menschen ist der Trauer Arzt allein das WortMaeroris unica medicina oratio.

Menander, Sententiae, 452

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

hēdȳ̆chrum: i, n., = ἡδύχρουν,
I a sweet-smelling ointment used for beautifying the skin; a cosmetic balsam: psaltriam adducamus, hedychri incendamus scutellam, Cic. Tusc. 3, 19, 46.